Sam Chance

by Benjamin Capps

French socialist Jean Bossereau and his followers found the community of Uterica--utopia in America--in the mid-nineteenth century, based on the principles of reason, brotherly love, and communal property, but clashing personalities and practical problems conspire to bring the experiment to an end.

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