One & Only

Where did you do most of your reading of this one, and did you find yourself hurrying back to it? Describe your ideal setup for a book like this (blanket, snack, time of day).

Pick a moment that made you laugh out loud or grin at your own book. Read us the setup without giving anything away.

This is a book about a curveball thrown by fate. When has a detour you did not choose turned out to be the thing you are most grateful for?

Maurene Goo writes love and family with a lot of affectionate teasing. Which family in your life talks like that, and does it feel like warmth to you or like armor?

Was there a scene where you felt genuinely taken care of as a reader, where the book slowed down and let something tender happen? What did that do for you?

Families hold things back for all kinds of reasons, some of them loving. Is there a question about your own family you have never asked, and what keeps you from asking it?

By the last stretch of the book, what did you find yourself hoping for, not for the plot, but for the main character as a person? Did the book honor that hope in a way that felt kind to you?

The story suggests we are shaped as much by what we are told as by what is true. After finishing, did you feel more forgiving toward the people who kept things from the people they loved, or less? Answer with a feeling rather than a plot point.