Family dancing cover

Family dancing

by David Leavitt

In this collection, David Leavitt cracks the brittle surfaces of middle-class lives to expose the fears and desires that lie beneath. Family Dancing was a finalist for both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN/Faulkner Prize.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  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?