{"id":11,"date":"2013-11-27T18:59:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T18:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kimchurch.com\/author\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2016-08-09T18:36:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T18:36:21","slug":"book-clubs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kimchurch.com\/author\/book-clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cByrd<\/em>\u2019s engaging characters make for lively book club discussion.\u00a0The book connects with people\u2014their longings, their mourning for lost connections, their acceptance of certain realities in life. Perhaps the simplicities of everyday life hold more mystery and awe than we know.\u201d \u2013Marty L., Cameron Park Book\u00a0Club, Raleigh<\/p>\n

\u201cDevour this book. \u2026 Choose it for your book club; it\u2019s an original paperback so all can buy it or download it. If your book club reads debut novels\u2014and it should\u2014this would be a good choice with much to discuss.\u201d \u2014Trina Hayes, Hungry for Good Books<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cByrd<\/em> is intimate and honest, funny and heartbreaking. Church has gotten all the details right, from the complications of motherhood and intimacy, to the culture of Piedmont North Carolina from the 60s to the present.\u201d \u2014Quail Ridge Books & Music (Staff Pick; recommended at Spring 2014 Book Club Bash)<\/p>\n

Byrd<\/em> is a Wake County Public Libraries Book Club Kit<\/a> selection, and one of the\u00a0Charlotte Observer<\/a>‘s top-twelve Southern recommendations for book clubs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Discussion questions<\/h3>\n

1. Why do you think Addie chooses not to keep her son? Do you think she makes the right choice? Why or why not?<\/p>\n

2. What do Roland and Addie represent to each other?<\/p>\n

3. What is Elle\u2019s role in this story? Dusty\u2019s?<\/p>\n

4. What does William Glass represent to Addie? How does he change her story?<\/p>\n

5. One recurring theme is how little people actually know about one another. What critical pieces of information are these characters missing about each other? What critical information are they missing about themselves?<\/p>\n

6. In what ways do secrets shape the story?<\/p>\n

7. What does motherhood mean to the characters? What does fatherhood mean?<\/p>\n

8. Most of the novel\u2019s settings are real places\u2014except for Carswell, North Carolina. Why do you think the author chose to fictionalize Addie\u2019s hometown?<\/p>\n

9. The story is written largely in present tense. What effect does that have?<\/p>\n

10. What do books signify for Addie? How does this change over time?<\/p>\n

11. What is the role of art\u2014in its broadest sense\u2014in the lives of the characters?<\/p>\n

12. Like a song or poem, the novel contains repetitions of certain phrases, images, and events. What repetitions do you notice, and what is their effect?<\/p>\n

13. One point of view notably missing from the book is Byrd\u2019s. What is the effect of that omission?<\/p>\n

14. Flash forward: where do you envision each of these characters five years after the final scene?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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