Take What You Can
Cut along the dashed lines and pass the cards around the table.
What kind of mood were you in while reading this, and where did you curl up with it?
Was there a small moment, a gesture, a room, a meal, that felt especially cozy or comforting to you?
Coster writes so much about family love that is imperfect but real. What in the story reminded you of your own people?
The title 'Take What You Can' can feel tender or bittersweet. How did it land for you as you read?
Was there a passage you wanted to reread, underline, or read aloud to someone? What drew you back to it?
Naima Coster is known for writing places that feel almost like characters. Did the setting feel like somewhere you'd want to sit awhile, or somewhere that unsettled you?
Which character stayed with you after you closed the book, and what do you find yourself hoping for them?
The story asks what we hold onto and what we let go of. Is there something in your own life it made you think about differently?