Three Girls from Bronzeville

These book club questions are from the Elmhurst Public Library.

Book club questions for Three Girls from Bronzeville by Dawn Turner

Use these discussion questions to guide your next book club meeting.

Would you recommend this title to others? If so, to what kinds of readers?

What was your experience reading the book, and then after you finished it?

Do you find parts of this book memorable? What will stay with you after this year’s One Book, One Elmhurst ends?

How did this book affect you?

What passages in this memoir struck you as profound, upsetting, inspiring, or even humorous?

Why do you think the author wrote this book?

What do you think are the book’s greatest strengths?

What do you feel about the author’s writing style? How did it affect your reading experience—did it draw you in right away?

What surprised you in this book?

Do you appreciate any of the one-liners from adults to children in the book? If so, which ones?

Do you think it’s possible that Dawn’s, Kim’s, and Debra’s lives might have had different outcomes? If so, how?

How do you feel about urban renewal?

How do you think inequity in Chicago neighborhoods, including low access to food, should be addressed?

What are your thoughts about dealing with pain, loss, and deciding whether or not to forgive?

What types of life stories or memoirs typically appeal to you?

Would you consider writing your own memoir?

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