This is an Online Internet Book Club on The Owl & Moon Cafe: A Novel by Jo-Ann Mapson. Discuss this book, share your thoughts, make comments, ask questions, offer responses...
Description
After losing her teaching position at the local university, Mariah Moon will do anything to keep her gifted twelve-year-old daughter, Lindsay, in a prestigious private school -- which means moving in with her mother and grandmother in an apartment above The Owl & Moon Café.
When her mother, Allegra, is diagnosed with leukemia, Mariah rises to the challenge of running the café: mastering her mother's famous fudge and chatting up customers -- including a man who might just reawaken her heart. Meanwhile, Lindsay's controversial entry in a major national science contest creates a minor maelstrom in the cosseted Monterey Bay community. And Allegra, with one last great love affair in her, will revisit a man she loved so many years ago, and disclose the biggest secret of the Moon family: the identity of Mariah's father.
Will the Moon women recognize this as the moment to do away with their family history of dubiously fathered children, and learn to forgive others and themselves in order to move forward? In her poignant new novel, bestselling author Jo-Ann Mapson explores the complexities of love and family with the keen eye and stylistic grace that have made her books perennial favorites.
Book Club Questions for The Owl & Moon Cafe (Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for The Owl & Moon Cafe: A Novel (Fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on The Owl & Moon Cafe:
- Did Jo-Ann Mapson emphasize any specific themes throughout The Owl & Moon Cafe? What do you think Jo-Ann Mapson is trying to explain with this theme?
- What was unique about the setting of The Owl & Moon Cafe 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 The Owl & Moon Cafe? What events caused these changes? Have you or someone you know experienced the same thing?
- How does The Owl & Moon Cafe reveal Jo-Ann Mapson's own perspectives about people and the world? For a lively discussion, describe why you think Jo-Ann Mapson is liberal or conservative.
- Did certain parts of The Owl & Moon Cafe affect you emotionally? Why did it evoke those emotions?
- Did Jo-Ann Mapson's point of view on things lend new perspective to your own view of the world?
Book Club Questions for The Owl & Moon Cafe (for Non-Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for The Owl & Moon Cafe: A Novel (Non-fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on The Owl & Moon Cafe:
- Did Jo-Ann Mapson make persuasive arguments in The Owl & Moon Cafe? Did The Owl & Moon Cafe change or reinforce your opinion on the subject?
- What did you learn from The Owl & Moon Cafe?
- How does Jo-Ann Mapson present the information and did you enjoy it?
- How is Jo-Ann Mapson biased within The Owl & Moon Cafe? Is there a political slant to what is being discussed and how does it impact the book?
- What, if anything, does The Owl & Moon Cafe make you want to read next? Why?
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