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Tell us about the nosiest you have ever been at an open house or a friend's new place. What did you snoop at first?
Where did you do most of your reading of this one, and did it turn into a one-more-chapter book for you?
This book lives in the gap between how a house is staged and how people actually live. What is a corner of your own home you would hide from a listing photo, and what does it mean to you?
The story is full of people performing success. When in your own life have you felt that pressure to look like you have it together, and what helped you let go of it?
Which moment of humor landed hardest for you, and did the comedy make the darker beats easier or harder to sit with?
The book treats home as both prize and pressure point. What does the word home actually mean to you right now, and has that changed in the last few years?
By the end you have watched a lot of people justify what they wanted. Was there anyone whose wanting you felt tender toward, even when you could not approve of it?
Without saying how things land, did finishing this book leave you feeling comforted, unsettled, or a little of both? What in the writing or the characters put you there?