The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

How to Find Us: Look for the light-up M.

Agenda:
12:00 - 12:30 Introductions, Food & Drink Orders
12:30 - 2:00 Book Discussion (questions below)*
2:00 Wrap up

*If it’s too noisy for us to hear each other, we will break up into small groups to talk about the book using the questions below. To make the discussion more engaging, we will choose questions from each category to answer.*

Discussion Questions (website)
Category: Warm-Up Questions
Let’s ease into conversation by asking gentle questions that are easy to answer and help us to get to know each other better.

1. What did you think of this month's book?
2. Would you have picked this book for yourself if you saw it at the library?
3. Have you read this genre (BIPOC Black, Indigenous, and People of Color literature) before? Would you try another book in the same genre?
4. Who was your favorite character and why?
5. What was your favorite moment of the book?
6. What would you have changed about the plot if you could re-write the story?

Category: Connective Questions
Let’s use the plot of the book to share something about ourselves and relate the story back to ourselves.

1. Have you ever travelled to the destination described in this book? Would you want to?
2. How is the main character similar to you?
3. Have you ever experienced a challenge like the one described in this book?
4. Which character would you most want to have lunch with and why?
5. How would you have handled the problem the main character encounters?
6. If you could give the main character a piece of advice, what would you say?

Last Category: Playful Questions
Once we’ve worked through everyone's thoughts on the plot and characters themselves, let’s break out some playful questions to end the conversation on a high note.

1. Would you thrive in this time period? If you could be anyone in that time, who would you be?
2. Play Casting Director: Who would you assign to play each role for the movie?

About the Book:
(Note: there is a 1993 English film starring Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Winona Ryder, Glenn Close, and Antonio Banderas. Also will be an Amazon Original Series premiering this year.)

The unforgettable first novel that established Isabel Allende as one of the world’s most gifted and imaginative storytellers.

The House of the Spirits brings to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of the Trueba family. The patriarch Esteban is a volatile, proud man whose voracious pursuit of political power is tempered only by his love for his delicate wife, Clara, a woman with a mystical connection to the spirit world. When their daughter Blanca embarks on a forbidden love affair in defiance of her implacable father, the result is an unexpected gift to Esteban: his adored granddaughter Alba, a beautiful and strong-willed child who will lead her family and her country into a revolutionary future.

One of the most important novels of the twentieth century, The House of the Spirits is an enthralling epic that spans decades and lives, weaving the personal and the political into a universal story of love, magic, and fate.

Disclaimer:
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