Are You in a Book Group?

Readers who have discussed Native Air with their book groups report satisfying experiences of/with the novel. Consider reading the book with yours.

Invite me in for some of your discussion if you like. Or not. (You can reach me here.)

Prospective questions / topics:

• What do you make of Pete’s choices? How do you make sense of his death?

• What’s going on with Joe? Why does he flee the west? Why does he come back?

• Grief is the common domain/denominator in the novel. How do Joe, Nor, and Will experience it differently?

• In Native Air, vitality is often inextricable from proximity to the void. How does this register with you?

• These digressions involving British climbers Lester and Bill (in Parts One and Two). What’s the point?!

• Will has been nudging Joe to “write it out,” and Joe’s been reluctant – until after the Afterword. What do you make of Will’s nudging, Joe’s reluctance, and his finally writing this book?

• What does Native Air suggest to you about story-telling?