Kyoto English Book Club Meetup to discuss "I Am Glad My Mom Died".

1. We'll discuss "I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Paula Howkins. (about 336 pages long) About the book: It's a momoir published in 2022. Despite its shocking title, it is NOT a book about celebrating a parent's death. Instead, it is an honest and often surprisingly funny account of surviving an abusive, controlling relationship with her mother and learning to build an independent life afterward. The book became a 1 New York Times bestseller. 2. Participants are asked to have either read the whole book or at least one third of it before the meetup. 3. We'll meet on Oct 18th. The meetup is to start at 14:00 jst. The participants are expected to come to the venue a few minutes before we officially start at 14:00. 4. The venue is "Cafe Veloce Karasuma Takoyakushi" a big coffee shop close to Shijo Subway Station. It is alongside Karasuma-dohri (Karasuma Street). 5. What to discuss: our discussion will start off on discussion points(questions) related to the story\, which are pre-prepared by the organizer/co-organizer. Then we will move on to your general impression of the story\, what parts were difficult to understand\, how you liked the story\, and so on. Our discussion will be entirely conducted in English. 6. After you sign up for the meetup\, please try to get you copy of the book at your earlist convenience. And also when you sign up\, please make sure you will be available on that afternoo. Please write to the organizer/co-organizer to let them know your wish to attend\, especially if you don’t know how to get to the venue. Here is the email address: "[email protected]" 7. If you have any questions regarding the book or the meetup\, you are welcome to get in touch with the organizer/co-organizer. Here is the email address: "[email protected]" or "[email protected]". Thank you.