Join us for the Amalgam Monthly Book Club’s June meetup, where we will discuss the omnibus edition My Brother’s Husband, Vol. 1 by Gengoroh Tagame.
From the publisher:
Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo; formerly married to Natsuki, father to their young daughter, Kana. Their lives suddenly change with the arrival at their doorstep of a hulking, affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan, who declares himself the widower of Yaichi’s estranged gay twin, Ryoji. Mike is on a quest to explore Ryoji’s past, and the family reluctantly but dutifully takes him in. What follows is an unprecedented and heartbreaking look at the state of a largely still-closeted Japanese gay culture: how it’s been affected by the West, and how the next generation can change the preconceptions about it and prejudices against it.
The group meets monthly, on the 1st Wednesday of the month. Our next discussion will take place at 6 p.m. on June 5. RSVP on Facebook here or on Meetup here.
Books available for purchase at Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse. Find all of our book club picks available now on Amalgam’s website.
