[NFBV-Potomac-Announce] June Book Club

[John Halverson]

Hello,

I finally found questions for this month's book Couldn't Keep it to myself. I asked chat.jpg, the AI application for questions. It generated nine. The questions are attached and below.

We will meet via Zoom at 7:00 PM, Wednesday June 4. The Zoom credentials are also below.

John

Here are some thought-provoking book club questions for Couldn't Keep It to Myself by Wally Lamb and the Women of York Correctional Institution:

1. How does writing transform the women in this book?

2. What does Wally Lamb learn from his students?

3. What common themes do you notice among the women in this book?

4. Where do you see hope in the stories of these women?

5. What do you learn about prison life from these stories?

6. In what ways do the women in this book reveal that they were imprisoned before they entered York Correctional Institution?

7. How is Wally Lamb transformed by teaching this writing group?

8. Choose one woman's story and describe how she heals herself through writing.

9. What misconceptions did you have about prisoners before reading this book? Have any of those misconceptions changed?


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Meeting ID: 829 725 6345
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Here are some thought-provoking book club questions for Couldn't Keep It to Myself by Wally Lamb and the Women of York Correctional Institution:

1. How does writing transform the women in this book?

2. What does Wally Lamb learn from his students?

3. What common themes do you notice among the women in this book?

4. Where do you see hope in the stories of these women?

5. What do you learn about prison life from these stories?

6. In what ways do the women in this book reveal that they were imprisoned before they entered York Correctional Institution?

7. How is Wally Lamb transformed by teaching this writing group?

8. Choose one woman's story and describe how she heals herself through writing.

9. What misconceptions did you have about prisoners before reading this book? Have any of those misconceptions changed?