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The Audacious Book Club: Hot Springs Drive by Lindsay Hunter
Our December 2023 Selection
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Roxane Gay
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The Unsettled:
Let’s talk about Cass and the cooperative movement, ARK, that he started in Philadelphia. This plot point is inspired by the 1985 police bombing…
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Kaitlyn Adams
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Roxane Gay
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The Unsettled: All About the Mother
Let’s discuss the Dutchess chapters. We found her really compelling and at times inscrutable. What did you think about Ava’s mother? Why do you …
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Kaitlyn Adams
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Roxane Gay
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The Unsettled: To Be Unsettled
At Glenn Avenue, Ava tells Melvin she’s been seeing things. She says, “I feel like I’m going in reverse, like I can’t get forward. I can’t get t…
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Kaitlyn Adams
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Roxane Gay
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The Unsettled: Home
In the opening scene in the novel, Toussaint returns to one of the homes he’s lived in, the last one where he lived with his mother. Why do you …
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Kaitlyn Adams
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Roxane Gay
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The Audacious Book Club: The Unsettled by Ayana Mathis
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, Ayana Mathis’s debut novel, gains its narrative momentum with the arrival of children: for Hattie Shepherd, first come the…
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Roxane Gay
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Land of Milk and Honey: Existential Crises
Let’s discuss the climax and fallout of Land of Milk and Honey. What surprised you, and what were you able to see coming? What did the ending ma…
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Roxane Gay
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