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Cover of The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine

LGBTQ+ Book Club Discussing The True True Story of Raja the Gullible by Rabih Alameddine

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2026-07-28 18:00:00 2026-07-28 19:00:00 America/Los_Angeles LGBTQ+ Book Club Discussing The True True Story of Raja the Gullible by Rabih Alameddine Join the LGBTQ+ Book Club for a hybrid (in-person and online) discussion of The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine. For adults. West Hollywood Library - Meeting Room

Tuesday, July 28
6:00pm - 7:00pm

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Join the LGBTQ+ Book Club for a hybrid (in-person and online) discussion of The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine. For adults.

This is a hybrid event and will be hosted in-person in the West Hollywood Library Community Meeting Room as well as on Zoom. Please register at the link below to receive the link to the meeting via email.

https://library-lacounty-gov.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pd-Goqz4uGNNbzVuW720zsRrGxTK1VeLG

West Hollywood Library's LGBTQ+ Book Club meets on the last Tuesday of the month to discuss literary works of relevance and interest to the LGBTQ+ community.

Please contact the library to borrow a print copy of the book. eBook is available through hoopla digital (no wait) and Libby and downloadable audiobook is available through Libby.

Summary provided by the publisher:

In a tiny Beirut apartment, sixty-three-year-old Raja and his mother live side by side. A beloved high school philosophy teacher and "the neighborhood homosexual," Raja relishes books, meditative walks, order, and solitude. Zalfa, his octogenarian mother, views her son’s desire for privacy as a personal affront. She demands to know every detail of Raja’s work life and love life, boundaries be damned.

When Raja receives an invite to an all-expenses-paid writing residency in America, the timing couldn’t be better. It arrives on the heels of a series of personal and national disasters that have left Raja longing for peace and quiet away from his mother and the heartache of Lebanon. But what at first seems a stroke of good fortune soon leads Raja to recount and relive the very disasters and past betrayals he wishes to forget.

AGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Books, Poetry, & Writing |

TAGS: | Virtual Program | LGBTQ+ Pride | Book Club |

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