Crumbs from the Table of Joy and Other Plays cover

Crumbs from the Table of Joy and Other Plays

by Lynn Nottage

It's 1950, and 17-year-old Ernestine is living under twin shrouds of grief and displacement. Her recently widowed father has moved her and her younger sister from Pensacola to a bunker-like basement apartment in Brooklyn.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

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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?