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Is Annie on your mind?!

Last night, thanks gals, for the great discussion of Nancy Garden 's Annie on My Mind . We were really glad to meet a new member, and see old ... just kidding, some members we haven't seen in awhile! Annie was a great book, with great fodder for discussion: the era it was written in, the controversy it saw in its time, and just general good literature talk! Thanks, Nancy Garden, for a sweet love story that had a happy ending (we frequently notice that a lot of lesbian fiction has terribly UNhappy endings). Reading list excitement! Next month is from the wonderful Toronto writer, Farzana Doctor : Six Metres of Pavement . Farzana has kindly offered to chat with us via teleconference during our meeting - so please prep some questions for her!!! Farzana chatted with us when we read her first, Stealing Nasreen , and it was really wonderful. July's title will be The Book of Salt from Monique Truong , a Vietnamese American writer. The Book of Salt tells the story of Binh, a Vie...