Severance by Ling Ma (Part 1)

[Alexandra]

Please post questions or comments for our Part 1 Discussion (pg. 1-150) below. Please add in any favorite scenes, pages, or even sentences! We are excited to hear what you think.


In order to prevent spoilers, please post any comments about the last half of the novel in our Part 2 Discussion (pg. 150-291).

[Alexandra]

Hi everyone! How's reading going?

If you have any budding questions, favorite lines, or burning comments, post them here during reading. Can't wait for our discussion! Happy reading

[Selena]

I'm about halfway through Severance and am blown away by the voice of this narrator which is at turns wryly funny and full of wisdom. Here's a favorite quote: "A second chance doesn't mean you're in the clear. In many ways, it is the more difficult thing. Because a second chance means that you have to try harder. You must rise to the challenge without the blind optimism of ignorance."

[Carmen]

Alexandra wrote: "Please post questions or comments for our Part 1 Discussion (pg. 1-150) below. Please add in any favorite scenes, pages, or even sentences! We are excited to hear what you think.


Heya Alexandra,
Thanks for curating this. Pages 1-150 include which chapters? I'm participating without a physical book. Thanks!

[Alexandra]

Kennedy wrote: "Alexandra wrote: "Please post questions or comments for our Part 1 Discussion (pg. 1-150) below. Please add in any favorite scenes, pages, or even sentences! We are excited to hear what you think. ..."

Hey, Kennedy! Great question-- read through Chapter 13 and you'll be good to go!

[Carmen]

Thanks!

[Alexandra]

Selena wrote: "I'm about halfway through Severance and am blown away by the voice of this narrator which is at turns wryly funny and full of wisdom. Here's a favorite quote: "A second chance doesn't mean you're i..."

I loved this quote, too!

[Selena]

Looking forward to discussion tomorrow! Invite friends using the link below:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/invit...

[Carmen]

Hey CLA Book Club members,
This is a social media platform, so if you wanna friend me, it's all good! It might make it easier to organize ourselves going forward. It'll also make it easy to invite one another to online events across the web. For instance, there are some DPWC folks that might drop-in to the convo. tonight just for inspo. This is our site if you'd like to follow. DPWC2020.com We'd love to cross-pollinate with the CLA Book Club.

Todos son bienvenidos,
Carmen :-)

[Alexandra]

Kennedy wrote: "Hey CLA Book Club members,
This is a social media platform, so if you wanna friend me, it's all good! It might make it easier to organize ourselves going forward. It'll also make it easy to invite ..."

This is a great idea! I'll add you now. The more the merrier!

[Selena]

Yay to cross-pollinating!

[Noelle]

Is there a zoom link for this discussion? I registered with Goodreads but did not get anything from them but a thanks for verifying my email address.

Int he meantime, I was interested in Ashley's fate and how some of her illness seemed linked to both the routines of consumerism and, in her case, the particular construction of gender that comes along with consumerism.

[Noelle]

I was also interested in the way the mother's illness seems to reflect some of the problems the fevered faced.

[Alexandra]

Noelle wrote: "Is there a zoom link for this discussion? I registered with Goodreads but did not get anything from them but a thanks for verifying my email address.

Int he meantime, I was interested in Ashley's ..."


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