FOMO Book Club

Schedule

Thu Jun 15 2023 at 06:15 pm to 07:15 pm

Location

1921 Bull St, Savannah, GA 31401-8031, United States | Savannah, GA

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Thursday, June 15, 2023 - 6:15pm to 7:15pm
If you would like to participate in the book club, please RSVP to [email protected] so we know how many people to expect.
Purchase the book in our shop or online: https://www.eshaverbooks.com/book/9780593472927
*With online check out: be sure to note that you are participating in the book club!
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Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang
Our narrator produces a sound from the piano no one else at the Conservatory can. She employs a technique she learned from her parents—also talented musicians—who fled China in the wake of the Cultural Revolution. But when an accident leaves her parents debilitated, she abandons her future for a job at a high-end beauty and wellness store in New York City.
Holistik is known for its remarkable products and procedures—from remoras that suck out cheap Botox to eyelash extensions made of spider silk—and her new job affords her entry into a world of privilege and a long-awaited sense of belonging. She becomes transfixed by Helen, the niece of Holistik’s charismatic owner, and the two strike up a friendship that hazily veers into more. All the while, our narrator is plied with products that slim her thighs, smooth her skin, and lighten her hair. But beneath these creams and tinctures lies something sinister.
A piercing, darkly funny debut, Natural Beauty explores questions of consumerism, self-worth, race, and identity—and leaves readers with a shocking and unsettling truth.
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Where is it happening?

1921 Bull St, Savannah, GA 31401-8031, United States

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