A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit

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Questions to think about while reading the book A Field Guide to Getting Lost

Solnit discusses many ways things, memories, places, and people become lost, such as through distance, time, change, and death. Reflect on a loss you have experienced in your own life; how did this loss change you?

In A Field Guide to Getting Lost, the color blue is mentioned frequently to represent distance, the unknown, sadness and longing. What connotations does blue have for you? Do other colors have different meanings for you?

Solnit discusses many topics in her essays, including personal memories, art, exploration, music, film, literature, and conservation. What essay resonated with you the most and why?

In A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Solnit show how sometimes what is lost over time is intangible, such as the person we used to be. What examples of personal change does Solnit include, and how are these changes similar and different?

Please join our discussion groups:
All Alexandria Reads Book Discussion - Tuesday April 1st from 7:00 pm-8:00 pm at the Barrett Branch (717 Queen St.)
Trans-Atlantic Book Club - Thursday April 24th 1:00 pm-2:00 pm virtually to discuss the companion short story, Winter's Tales: The Young Man with the Carnation; The Heroine; The Sailor-Boy's Tale; and 8 other shattering stories by Isak Dinesen which is mentioned in The Field Guide to Getting Lost.