Funny Story
Cut along the dashed lines and pass the cards around the table.
What part of this book felt the most like a warm hug, and where were you when you read it?
If you could spend one slow summer day in the lakeside town with these characters, what would you want to do?
Daphne builds a new life in a place she didn't choose. When has an unexpected place ended up feeling like home for you?
Miles and Daphne are such different people sharing one little space. What did their odd-couple energy stir up in you, fondness, recognition, secondhand awkwardness?
The story is gentle with people who are quietly falling apart. Was there a small moment of kindness in the book that stuck with you?
Daphne's work with kids at the library is full of soft joy. What hobby, job, or ritual has been a comfort to you during a hard season?
The book sits with the idea that heartbreak can crack you open in surprising ways. How did it make you feel about your own past endings and beginnings?
Without giving anything away, what do you hope Daphne carries with her from this chapter of her life, and what would you want to leave behind from yours?