Country People
Cut along the dashed lines and pass the cards around the table.
What was the first scene or moment that made you settle in and feel at home in this book?
If you moved to a tiny rural town tomorrow, what one comfort from your current life would you absolutely bring along?
Miles is caught up in Russian folktales while living inside a very human, messy family life. Which folktales or bedtime stories from your own childhood still comfort you?
The novel is full of eccentric locals. Which small-town character warmed your heart most, and who did they remind you of from your own life?
Marriage and parenthood are handled with such tenderness here. What moment between the family members felt most true or moving to you?
Vermont almost becomes a character. What place in your own life has felt that alive to you, and how did it seep into your everyday?
The book leans into absurdity as a kind of grace. Where in your own life has something ridiculous ended up being exactly what you needed?
Without giving anything away, how did the book leave you feeling as you closed it, and what stayed with you the next morning?