Join us to discuss 'A Little Life' by Hanya Yanagihara. You know the saying: "April showers bring May flowers." Get ready folks because this book is highly acclaimed and has the record to make anyone who reads this UGLY CRY! I'm honestly not ready for it but it's been sitting in my TBR that I just gotta rip the band-aid. Please be mindful of the trigger warnings, because I was told there were many and its not an easy read.
You're welcome to attend even if you haven't quite finished the book, as long as you don't mind spoilers being discussed. Attendees should generally expect to order something to eat or drink.
Here's a description of the book:
When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their center of gravity.
Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he’ll not only be unable to overcome—but that will define his life forever.
Rated: 4.34 on Goodreads
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