Group Portrait With Lady cover

Group Portrait With Lady

by Heinrich Böll

In a sweeping portrayal of German life from World War I to the early 1970's, Böll, tells the story of the widow Leni Pfeiffer and her son Lev who have become the nexus of Cologne's counterculture, spurning the pursuit of affluence in present-day Germany.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?