Last week I received a request from a book club in North Carolina to Zoom with them and did a Q&A for the group that had just finished my book. Unfortunately, I was unavailable, but I created talking points/prompts to guide the conversation about Leaving Cleveland. If your book club is thinking about or has read my book, here are the prompts:

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• The text states that the main protagonist in the book is named Sam, and he is based on Voltaire’s character Pangloss from Candide. Sam is described as a pedantic and always optimistic tutor, similar to Candide. Although Sam is not specifically a tutor, he approaches every situation with optimism. Additionally, the text mentions that this narrative structure, one of the “seven stories” by Christopher Booker, has been used in other classical works, including Greek classics.
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• Although Izzy appears to be a difficult person, does she have redeeming qualities? 
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• Should artists be forgiven for their poor behavior because they are famous?
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• What do you know about generational trauma? In the book, Sam’s nightmares are caused by his father’s experience in the concentration camps. Are there other classes of people who may suffer from generational trauma? 
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• Should celebrities be put on a pedestal in our society, and how do we perpetuate this ideal? 
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• Has the book enlightened you about something that you never knew about? 
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• If so, what was it, and did it change your worldview? 
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• What would you do if you were Sam and had a boss like Izzy?
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• The journey is one of the “ seven stories, “ according to Christopher Booker, in a narrative. What other classics used this narrative to tell the story? It goes way back to the Greek Classics.

Have a book club interested in Leaving Cleveland?

The book can be purchased as E-Book, Paperback, and Collector Edition in Hardback at BookBaby, Barnes&Noble and, of course, Amazon.

In the next issue learn about how my book Leaving Cleveland will soon be found at your local libraries.

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Thank you and I look foward to hearing from you.

Steven

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