Reading the Reading: Light From Uncommon Stars

Name: Reading the Reading: Light From Uncommon Stars
Start: 2024-09-18T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-09-18T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Indiana University Southeast Library

Schedule

Wed Sep 18 2024 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Indiana University Southeast Library | New Albany, IN

Join us at IU Southeast Library to discuss an LGBTQ+ themed book each month. This discussion is open to all adults; members of the LGBTQ+ community and allies are welcome. September's book is "Light From Uncommon Stars" by Ryka Aoki, a defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien courtship over fresh-made donuts.
Copies of the book are available to check out at New Albany Central Library and IU Southeast Library. Registration is recommended. Register online at: https://nafclibrary.libcal.com/event/12746484
About the book:
Shizuka Satomi made a deal with the devil: to escape damnation, she must entice seven other violin prodigies to trade their souls for success. She has already delivered six.
When Katrina Nguyen, a young transgender runaway, catches Shizuka's ear with her wild talent, Shizuka can almost feel the curse lifting. She's found her final candidate.
But in a donut shop off a bustling highway in the San Gabriel Valley, Shizuka meets Lan Tran, retired starship captain, interstellar refugee, and mother of four. Shizuka doesn't have time for crushes or coffee dates, what with her very soul on the line, but Lan's kind smile and eyes like stars might just redefine a soul's worth. And maybe something as small as a warm donut is powerful enough to break a curse as vast as the California coastline.
As the lives of these three women become entangled by chance and fate, a story of magic, identity, curses, and hope begins, and a family worth crossing the universe for is found.