LGBTQ ADULT BOOK CLUB

The LGBTQ Adult Book Club is for those who identify as LGBT+, or who simply want to learn more about LGBT+ stories and experiences. We meet the first Thursday of the month at 6:30pm. December's book selection is We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker. All are welcome!

Book description: Val and Julie just want what's best for their kids, David and Sophie. So when teenage son David comes home one day asking for a Pilot, a new brain implant to help with school, they reluctantly agree. This is the future, after all.

Soon, Julie feels mounting pressure at work to get a Pilot to keep pace with her colleagues, leaving Val and Sophie part of the shrinking minority of people without the device.

Before long, the implications are clear, for the family and society: get a Pilot or get left behind. With government subsidies and no downside, why would anyone refuse? And how do you stop a technology once it's everywhere? Those are the questions Sophie and her anti-Pilot movement rise up to answer, even if it puts them up against the Pilot's powerful manufacturer and pits Sophie against the people she loves most.