LGBTQ+ Book Discussion: In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune

Thu, Jul 9 2026
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Brooklyn Heights Library, Gaming Room

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Looking to meet other LGBTQ+ folks? We meet the first Tuesday of every month to discuss an LGBTQ+ work. 

Join us this month for an adventure into science fiction with In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune.

New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune invites you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts. In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots--fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They're a family, hidden and safe. The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled "HAP," he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio--a past spent hunting humans. When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio's former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vic's assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming. Along the way to save Gio, amid conflicted feelings of betrayal and affection for Hap, Vic must decide for himself: Can he accept love with strings attached? Inspired by Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, and like Swiss Family Robinson meets Wall-E, In the Lives of Puppets is a masterful stand-alone fantasy adventure!

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A cover image of the book In the Lives of Puppets. The cover is green with large, tree like shapes with buildings at the top. A smaller building is nestled at the base. "In the Lives of Puppets" is printed in white, and the author's name (TJ Klune) is printed in white.
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Add to My Calendar 07/09/2026 06:30 pm 07/09/2026 07:30 pm America/New_York LGBTQ+ Book Discussion: In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune <p>Looking to meet other LGBTQ+ folks? We meet the first Tuesday of every month to discuss an LGBTQ+ work.&nbsp;</p><p>Join us this month for an adventure into science fiction with <a href="https://discover.bklynlibrary.org/item?b=12616641"><em>In the Lives of Puppets </em>by TJ Klune</a>.</p><p><em>New York Times</em> bestselling author TJ Klune invites you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts. In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots--fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They're a family, hidden and safe. The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled "HAP," he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio--a past spent hunting humans. When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio's former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vic's assembled family must journey across… Brooklyn Public Library - Brooklyn Heights Library, Gaming Room MM/DD/YYYY 60
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