The Futilitarians: Our Year of Thinking, Drinking, Grieving, and Reading
By Anne Gisleson
3.75 stars
After Hurricane Katrina and various personal tragedies, a group of friends living in New Orleans decide to start an existential reading group. Over the course of a year, the author recalls their reading, interactions and sometimes tragic memories from her own family. Their readings are very high-brow and mainly white men (which the author acknowledges) but overall I found this an inspiring book about using literature to heal. I received this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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