Father Figure
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 you find yourself slowing down anywhere just to stay in it a little longer?
Before we talk about the book at all: what does the phrase 'father figure' call up for you? A person, a feeling, a smell, a song?
This is a book about wanting a parent to be a certain way. Was there a moment that made you feel unexpectedly protective of someone on the page?
Forrest writes with a lot of humor tucked inside sad things. Did a line make you laugh and then sit back a second? What was that like?
Families hand down stories about themselves. Which story does your own family tell over and over, and did reading this make you hear it differently?
Was there a scene that felt like comfort to you, somewhere you would happily have stayed longer, even if nothing much was happening?
By the time you closed the book, what did you find yourself hoping for, not predicting, just quietly hoping, for these people?
Reading this, did you feel more forgiving of someone in your own life, or less? Share only as much as feels comfortable.