The Wild Beneath
Cut along the dashed lines and pass the cards around the table.
Where were you when you read most of this book, and did the setting of your reading match the mood of the story?
What was the first image or scene that made you sink into the book and feel like you were somewhere else?
The story leans into the wildness of nature. Was there a place in your own life, a woods, a shore, a backyard, that came rushing back to you as you read?
Which passage felt the most comforting to you, like something you wanted to wrap around your shoulders?
Love in this book has a quiet, mysterious quality. What kind of love in your own life does it remind you of, romantic, familial, or otherwise?
The book has a musical, almost dreamlike quality. Did any sounds, songs, or silences from your own memory surface while reading?
The story flirts with the idea that the impossible might be possible. When has your own life brushed up against something you could not quite explain?
Without giving anything away, how did the book leave you feeling as you closed it, and did that feeling stay with you the next day?