Night Objects
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 time of day change how it landed for you?
Name one object in your own home that would belong in a book called Night Objects, and tell us why it earned its spot.
Raphael gives ordinary things a lot of attention and tenderness. Was there a small detail you found yourself unexpectedly moved by, even if you can't fully explain why?
This book treats nighttime as its own kind of room. How does your relationship with late hours compare, as a comfort, a worry, or both?
So much of the book is about keeping things. What have you held onto longer than made sense, and did reading this make you feel better or worse about that?
Was there a passage where you felt the author was being gentle with the reader? What did that gentleness do for you?
By the time you closed the book, did it leave you feeling settled or unsettled? Sit with that for a second before answering, because people in this room will have landed differently.
If you could hand this book to one person in your life, with no explanation, who would it be, and what are you hoping the night would say to them that you can't?