Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe cover

Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

by Jane Wagner

This 1986 comedy, originally starring Lily Tomlin as Trudy, the bag lady, was a best-seller. Trudy tries to explain American material culture to an interstellar committee, as we see various people living their lives, whether suffering, trying fads, failing, or overcoming.

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?