Book Review: Bingo Love, Volume 1 by Tee Franklin and others

Bingo Love, Volume 1: Jackpot Edition
by Tee Franklin and various others (741.5 Fra)

Bingo Love, Volume 1 is a graphic novel about two Black girls, Hazel and Mari, who meet at a church bingo event in 1963 and are best friends with secret crushes on each other for four years until they find out how the other feels. Their families pull them apart. They both marry men and have children and grandchildren. Decades later, at a church bingo event, they meet again and…let’s just say they don’t keep cool about it.

Bingo Love is a celebration of enduring love between women. It’s about beauty in old age. It’s also about complicated family situations. I would recommend it to anyone from older teens to those past retirement age. This is a happily ever after, after so much living.

[If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try Poppy Jenkins, by Clare Ashton, available through inter-library loan.] [ official Bingo Love web site ] | [ official Tee Franklin web site ]

Recommended by Garren H.
Bennett Martin Public Library

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