Lily soon finds out from her parents that the organization Calvin is involved in is believed to have communist leanings. The two girls begin to spend time together outside of school, and Kathleen asks Lily to call her Kath. Tommy Andrews performs at a place called the Telegraph Club Kathleen tells Lily she has been there.
In the bathroom at school, Kathleen sees a picture of a “male impersonator” (16), Tommy Andrews, that Lily has been carrying with her. Shirley likes a boy named Calvin who is involved with the organization, and wants Lily to date Calvin’s brother, Will. Lily’s childhood friend Shirley Lum invites her to a picnic hosted by a Chinese cultural organization.
At school, Lily, who is interested in outer space, begins to bond with a Caucasian girl named Kathleen Miller, who is interested in airplanes. In Part I, Lily Hu, a teenage girl who lives with her family in Chinatown, is becoming aware of her attraction to other girls and women. Following the sixth part is an epilogue that takes place one year after the main events of the plot. The novel mostly unfolds over a single present timeline spanning from late summer of 1954 to January of 1955. Last Night at the Telegraph Club is split into 48 chapters divided over six parts. The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Lo, Malinda.
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