This is an Online Internet Book Club on Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman. Discuss this book, share your thoughts, make comments, ask questions, offer responses...
Description
Writing at the height of her powers, Alice Hoffman conjures three generations of a family haunted by love.
Cool, practical, and deliberate, John is dreamy Arlyn's polar opposite. Yet the two are drawn powerfully together even when it is clear they are bound to bring each other grief. Their difficult marriage leads them and their children to a house made of glass in the Connecticut countryside, to the avenues of Manhattan, and to the blue waters of Long Island Sound. Glass breaks, love hurts, and families make their own rules. Ultimately, it falls to their grandson, Will, to solve the emotional puzzle of his family and of his own identity.
(2006)
Book Club Questions for Skylight Confessions (Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Skylight Confessions (Fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Skylight Confessions:
- Did Alice Hoffman emphasize any specific themes throughout Skylight Confessions? What do you think Alice Hoffman is trying to explain with this theme?
- What was unique about the setting of Skylight Confessions and how did it affect the storyline?
- Could you relate to any of the characters? If so, which ones and why?
- How do characters change or learn throughout Skylight Confessions? What events caused these changes? Have you or someone you know experienced the same thing?
- How does Skylight Confessions reveal Alice Hoffman's own perspectives about people and the world? For a lively discussion, describe why you think Alice Hoffman is liberal or conservative.
- Did certain parts of Skylight Confessions affect you emotionally? Why did it evoke those emotions?
- Did Alice Hoffman's point of view on things lend new perspective to your own view of the world?
Book Club Questions for Skylight Confessions (for Non-Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Skylight Confessions (Non-fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Skylight Confessions:
- Did Alice Hoffman make persuasive arguments in Skylight Confessions? Did Skylight Confessions change or reinforce your opinion on the subject?
- What did you learn from Skylight Confessions?
- How does Alice Hoffman present the information and did you enjoy it?
- How is Alice Hoffman biased within Skylight Confessions? Is there a political slant to what is being discussed and how does it impact the book?
- What, if anything, does Skylight Confessions make you want to read next? Why?
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