Chicago Book Club: The Vanishing Half

🌸 Neighbourhood Read: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The book club is meeting to work through Brit Bennett's compelling The Vanishing Half in a comfortable and conversational format, and first-timers always find it easy to jump in.

You do not need to have finished the book, and flag the moments you wanted to reread, and bring your feelings about it — since what strikes one reader is always different from what strikes another.

The evening is driven by the group — with the discussion shaped entirely by what people bring, and every reading of the same book turns out to be a different book.

You do not need to have been before — and the group tends to make first-timers feel at ease very quickly, bring the book and a willingness to talk, and first-timers rarely feel like first-timers for long.

💡 Worth knowing: write down your honest verdict in one sentence before arriving, as the discussion always goes deeper when people bring specific examples, and you will be glad you did it by the time the discussion opens up.

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🍵 A good discussion is worth fifty pages of rereading — join us and bring your read and the rest is just a good evening with good people. The conversation gets better with every reader in the room. 🍵