So have you read it? Did you love it? Hate it?
This year, we're going to kick off discussions with a few book club-style questions. Obviously you don't have to answer them - we'd love to know what you think about any aspect of the book.
1. Volk uses a non-linear structure in Stuffed, i.e. the narrative hops all over the place. Did you like this or did you struggle with it? Why do you think she wrote it that way? (Inspired by Helen's comment on an earlier post)
2. What did you think of the descriptions of food? I know this has put some readers off, but it was one of the things I loved. I want to try everything she described (and did actually once go to Fortnum & Mason's to try the Welsh Rarebit, but couldn't get a table. I will try again).
And two questions I've pinched from here (because they're just what I wanted to ask, but worded better than I could have managed):
3. To what degree does Stuffed express a sense of nostalgia for childhood, for a sheltered existence, and for an earlier time? How realistically does Volk recall the atmosphere of middle-class family life in the middle decades of the twentieth century?
4. Why has Volk chosen "Stuffed" as her title? What does it mean to be stuffed? What is the relationship between being satiated and being stuffed? Is there a fine line between being comfortably satisfied and feeling dangerously overindulged?
