DISCUSSION GUIDES

Summary: “A vibrant and queer reinvention of F. Scott Fitzgerald's jazz age classic. . . . I was captivated from the first sentence.”—NPR

Summary: Nature is the perfect teacher for the challenging and very personal concept of leadership. And no one knows this better than former zoo and aquarium senior leader turned leadership consultant Julie C. Henry. Wisdom from the Wild shows you―whether you’re a new or experienced leader―how to learn from and be inspired by the wildlife and wild places all around you. This fun, new approach to leadership presents nine “Unbreakable Laws” from the animal kingdom. These true, fundamental guidelines with concrete examples from wildlife can steer your work and decisions as a leader.

Summary: From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction—a New York Times-bestselling collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us.

Summary: A propulsive and dazzling debut novel set against the backdrop of the Chinese Exclusion Act, about a Chinese girl fighting to claim her place in the 1880s American West.

Summary: This novel, told in three parts, is a searing meditation on grief, female strength, and self‑discovery set against a backdrop of complicated social and racial histories. Nobody's Magic is a testament to the power of family—the ones you're born in and the ones you choose. And in these three narratives, among the yearning and loss, each of these women may find a seed of hope for the future.

Summary: From a Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author and poet comes a galvanizing meditation on the power of art and culture to illuminate America's unresolved problem with race.

Summary: Equal parts visceral and cerebral, Six Days in Rome is an ode to the Eternal City, a celebration of art and creativity, and a meditation on self-discovery.

Summary: From the author of A Bend in the Stars, an epic adventure as three generations of women work together and travel through time to prevent the Chernobyl disaster and right the wrongs of their past.

Summary: Hospice and oncology nurse and the author of New York Times bestseller The Shift, Theresa Brown shares a powerful story about breast cancer─her own─in this new memoir. As a patient (the most terrified, furious patient she’d ever encountered), Brown takes us inside the care she received and the care she gave others as a nurse, and she considers what both she and our healthcare system could do better.

Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Never Have I Ever returns with an even more engrossing novel of domestic suspense in which a mother must decide how far she is willing to go to protect her child and the life she loves—an unforgettable tale of power, privilege, lies, revenge, and the choices we make, ones that transform our lives in unforeseen ways.