Grief
What does Eli ask for after losing his father? What do those requests reveal about the kind of safety he needs?
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stay in the room.
For your book club, your reading partner, or the thoughts you want to keep. Start with the themes. Open the ending discussion after you finish.
Bring everyone into the conversation.
Choose a few questions to start. Give each reader room to disagree. If your group has not finished, stay with the themes and characters; the ending questions discuss specific events from the final chapters.
What should we know before reading?
CLOSURE is psychological crime fiction with a strong focus on grief, family dynamics, and guardianship. It contains violence, psychological abuse, childhood trauma, bereavement, substance misuse, and coercive family dynamics.
Can our group try the book first?
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Is there a second book?
Tysheem Shamad Holt is developing Book Two in the continuing CLOSURE series. A release date has not been announced here.