Books on a Theme - November's theme is dysfunctional families!

Book Club where we will read from a choice of books that cover a different theme each month. This month's theme is dysfunctional families - because it's the holiday season when some (or many?) people have to deal with awkward or toxic family issues.

Pick one of these books to read and discuss! If you're motivated to read more than one, go for it! If you want to read or discuss a different book not listed here on the theme, feel free to share that book with the group. If you don't have time to read any of the books, but want to listen and/or partake in the discussion anyway, feel free!

• Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Memoir)
• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Graphic Memoir)
• Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones (Fiction)
• The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie (Interconnected short stories)
• I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (Memoir)
• Educated by Tara Westover (Memoir)
• Nuclear Family by Joseph Han (Fiction)
• The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson (Fiction)
• Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (Memoir Essays)

If you are short on time, you may want to try the following short stories or essays. In *The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven - "*Every Little Hurricane" or "Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play The Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock". In Me Talk Pretty One Day - "Genetic Engineering" or "A Shiner Like a Diamond".

There is no shortage of dysfunctional family themed books or short stories so feel free to read something not on the list!