Haunting and elegant, hausfrau is the exceptional debut novel from the prizewinning american poet, jill alexander essbaum. Sep 10, 2019 join the gahc book discussion group on tuesday, september 10 at 7pm for the first of their 20192020 book discussions. These groups can be organized in a variety of ways. Around the world in 80 books group reads discussions. If youre unsure about what youd like to do, or have other interests, drop us a line and lets talk about matching your passion and skills with a program, project or event.
Study guides for book clubs are designed to help you get the absolute best from your book club meetings. General book club questions for study and discussion. Hausfrau by jill alexander essbaum overdrive rakuten. A thriller for fans of the girl on the train and gone girl. Scottsdale public library system book club to go collection. Please be aware that this is a companion guide and does not contain the full text of the novel. The best king of stories feature dynamic characters who change throughout the book. Ive been in a lot of book clubs, and i know its not always easy to get a conversation going on a book. Hausfrau, the debut novel by jill alexander essbaum, begins as a portrayal of the seemingly innocuous, everyday life of 30something anna benz. Indie next the selected poems of donald hall by donald hall a dictionary of mutual understanding by jackie copleton a wild swan. It wasnt clear to me where i stood until i had read over half the book. In hausfrau, anna takes courses in the german language, the same kind of textbook german high german taught in american high schools and colleges. American housewife is a little arsenic cupcake of a book. Hausfrau by jill alexander essbaum discussion guide books.
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I cant see her ever taking such control, i dont see her taking control at all. Her thoughts loop on a script of immutable passivity, but is that her whole story. Which would be great fodder for a book discussion group. I think this would be the perfect marriage, to be my wifes hausfrau would be the ultimate. Annas everyday environsthe hill, the bench, the trains, the coopbecome characters in their own right. The readers guide at the back of the book is helpful for a small group or book club looking to dive deeper into the message of the book.
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Our book discussion groups are a great way to connect with book lovers over great reads. The sinker hausfrau is one of those books that causes passionate differences in opinion, you either love it or you hate it. The book that will have everyone talking cosmopolitan anna benz, an american in her latethirties, lives with her swiss husband, bruno a banker and their three young children, in a postcardperfect suburb of zurich. A conversation between jill alexander essbaum and gina frangello gina frangello is the author of four works of fiction, including every kind of wanting and a life in men. She told me her new lifestyle meant a new her, out with the old frumpy and dumpy hausfrau and in with the new wanton and liberated woman. May 08, 2019 each month, we ask book groups to share the titles they are reading that month and rate them. I would like to thank the publisher, zondervan, for providing me with a free electronic copy of this book through netgalley for my. Time a debut novel about anna, a bored housewife who, like her tolstoyan namesake, throws herself into a psychosexual journey of selfdiscovery and tragedy. Check out women who wine, the well red book discussion group, summer bbqs, euchre night, murder mystery dinners, and food and wine pairing events diana podlecki. Project gutenberg free ebooks reading group choices reading suggestions for book discussion groups reading group guides resources for book discussion groups stop, youre killing me. Jill alexander essbaum is the author of hausfrau 3.
The line anna was a good wife, mostly immediately i wanted to know what that meant. Mount prospect public library check it out categories books. I was thrilled that the book provided our group a vibrant discussion. They enable reading group members to appreciate their chosen book in greater depth than ever before. Each month, we ask book groups to share the titles they are reading that month and rate them. Hausfrau, by jill alexander essbaum a modern parable with. This is the discussion guide for hausfrau by jill alexander essbaum bot and our website are here to stay.
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