Episode 4

August 08, 2022

00:35:39

Fun Home Episode 4

Fun Home Episode 4
Book Interrupted
Fun Home Episode 4

Aug 08 2022 | 00:35:39

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Show Notes

Life choices, raising children, household organization, solipsism, and more. The women continue their chat inspired by “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” by Alison Bechdel. Are you a person who has too many mugs or just enough? 

Discussion Points:

  • Reading a graphic novel like reading poetry
  • Literary references and complicated vocabulary in Fun Home
  • Philosophy of solipsism 
  • Making life choices that make yourself happy
  • The nuclear family and adult creative pursuits
  • Raising children with a village versus a small family
  • The advantages to having multi-aged play groups
  • Child, bag, and other trackers
  • Having homes for household objects so you don’t lose things
  • Having too many mugs

Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:

Book Interrupted Website 

Book Interrupted YouTube Channel

Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel 

Dykes to Watch Out For

Solipsistic

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown

Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans by Michaeleen Doucleff

The Tile App

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