Sea of Tranquility
Cut along the dashed lines and pass the cards around the table.
Where did you do most of your reading of this one, and did the setting around you start to feel a little dreamy too?
Was there a moment early on where you settled in and thought, oh, I am going to love spending time in this book?
The novel jumps between very different times and places. Which world did you find yourself most reluctant to leave, and what felt cozy about it to you?
Mandel writes a lot about small, ordinary comforts (a meal, a walk, a familiar face). Which little moment in the book stayed with you, and why?
The book sits with ideas of solitude and connection in a really gentle way. Did reading it make you feel more alone, or more connected to other people?
There is a quiet thread about art and writing as a way of holding onto life. Has a book, song, or piece of art ever comforted you the way these do for the characters?
Without giving anything away, was there a passage that made you put the book down for a minute just to feel it? What was happening in you when that landed?
The novel gently asks what makes a life feel meaningful, even when the world is uncertain. What did it leave you carrying about your own life, in the softest sense?