The Nest: by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney Conversation Starters
The Nest, Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s debut novel, spins a tale of family dysfunction, self-absorption, fighting over an inheritance, the perils of drug abuse and addiction, and defining an individual’s role within a family unit. When favorite son Leo Plumb crashes his car while performing drug-fueled sex acts with a teenage waitress, he burns through the family nest egg to make an embarrassing lawsuit disappear. Now, Leo’s three siblings, who were counting on that money to bail them out of their own lifetime of poor decisions, are left wondering if their reckless older brother will pay them back or abandon them in their time of need.
The Nest soared to No. 3 on the New York Times bestseller list. Amazon Films has already purchased movie rights for Cynthia Sweeney’s comedy, which Goodreads calls “a warm, funny and acutely perceptive debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their choices and their lives.”
A Brief Look Inside:
EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER
than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,
and the characters and its world still live on.
Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to
bring us beneath the surface of the page
and invite us into the world that lives on.
These questions can be used to..
Create Hours of Conversation:
• Foster a deeper understanding of the book
• Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups
• Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately
• Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before
The Nest, Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s debut novel, spins a tale of family dysfunction, self-absorption, fighting over an inheritance, the perils of drug abuse and addiction, and defining an individual’s role within a family unit. When favorite son Leo Plumb crashes his car while performing drug-fueled sex acts with a teenage waitress, he burns through the family nest egg to make an embarrassing lawsuit disappear. Now, Leo’s three siblings, who were counting on that money to bail them out of their own lifetime of poor decisions, are left wondering if their reckless older brother will pay them back or abandon them in their time of need.
The Nest soared to No. 3 on the New York Times bestseller list. Amazon Films has already purchased movie rights for Cynthia Sweeney’s comedy, which Goodreads calls “a warm, funny and acutely perceptive debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their choices and their lives.”
A Brief Look Inside:
EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER
than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,
and the characters and its world still live on.
Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to
bring us beneath the surface of the page
and invite us into the world that lives on.
These questions can be used to..
Create Hours of Conversation:
• Foster a deeper understanding of the book
• Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups
• Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately
• Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before