Discussion Questions
We'll add publisher questions if and when they're available; in the meantime, use our LitLovers talking points to help start a discussion for STAY SEXY AND DON'T GET MURDERED … then take off on your own.
1. The authors' past mistakes encompass a not uncommon list: parents, boys, drugs, and alcohol, mood and eating disorders, and a few more. Have any of these ever pertained to your own life or to someone's you know? How have they affected you even (say, if a family member) at a distance?
2. If there is one thing the authors recommend—strongly—it is counseling. What are your thoughts? What do you think of the 10-step breakdown of what to expect in therapy?
3. Kilgariff recounts how at 14, fresh out of rehab, she fell in love with Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles and then kept on reading. During periods of turmoil in you life, what offered you solace? Books? If so, which one(s), and why—why reading and why the particular books you chose?
4. Talk about chapter in which Kilgariff recreates the afternoon of a latchkey kid. What about her slightly sadistic older sister? Did you laugh… or want to cry… or both?
5. What about the phrase, "stay out of the forest." What do the authors mean, and how does one avoid the forest? What do you think of their warnings and advice? What advice would you give… and to whom?
6. Talk about the how the authors view "niceness" and "helpfulness". What are your thoughts? What's the point of being nice or helpful? What's the danger?
7. Overall, what are your impressions of Stay Sexy and Don't Get Murdered? Did you find it helpful… wise… insightful… off-the mark… shallow… funny… poignant? What about the book's tone and language?
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