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SUMMARY:Book Of The Month: Afterparties
DESCRIPTION:Book Of The Month: Afterparties\nSeptember 2021\nAnthony Veasna So\nA vibrant story collection about Cambodian-American life—immersive and comic\, yet unsparing—that offers profound insight into the intimacy of queer and immigrant communitiesSeamlessly transitioning between the absurd and the tenderhearted\, balancing acerbic humor with sharp emotional depth\, Afterparties offers an expansive portrait of the lives of Cambodian-Americans. As the children of refugees carve out radical new paths for themselves in California\, they shoulder the inherited weight of the Khmer Rouge genocide and grapple with the complexities of race\, sexuality\, friendship\, and family.A high school badminton coach and failing grocery store owner tries to relive his glory days by beating a rising star teenage player. Two drunken brothers attend a wedding afterparty and hatch a plan to expose their shady uncle’s snubbing of the bride and groom. A queer love affair sparks between an older tech entrepreneur trying to launch a “safe space” app and a disillusioned young teacher obsessed with Moby-Dick. And in the sweeping final story\, a nine-year-old child learns that his mother survived a racist school shooter.The stories in Afterparties\, “powered by So’s skill with the telling detail\, are like beams of wry\, affectionate light\, falling from different directions on a complicated\, struggling\, beloved American community” (George Saunders).\nINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Roxane Gay's Audacious Book Club Pick!Named a Best Book of Summer by Wall Street Journal * Thrillist * Vogue * Lit Hub * Refinery29 * New York Observer * The Daily Beast * Time * BuzzFeed * Entertainment Weekly \n \nApple Books | Amazon\n\n \n    
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