This Time Together Laughter and Reflection

This Time Together Laughter and Reflection by Carol Burnett – To be Discussed on Wed. March 2, 2016 at Geneseo Public Library

                                                                                                       

Carol Burnett is one of the most beloved and revered actresses and performers in America. The Carol Burnett Show was seen each week by millions of adoring fans and won twenty-five Emmys in its remarkable eleven-year run. Now, in This Time Together, Carol really lets her hair down and tells one funny or touching or memorable story after another – reading it feels like sitting down with an old friend who has wonderful tales to tell.

In engaging anecdotes, Carol discusses her remarkable friendships with stars such at Jimmy Stewart, Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, and Julie Andrews; the background behind famous scenes, like the moment she swept down the stairs in her curtain-rod dress in the legendary “Went With the Wind” skit; and things that would happen only to Carol – the prank with Julie Andrews that went wrong in front of the First Lady; the famous Tarzan Yell that saved her during a mugging; and the time she faked a wooden leg to get served in a famous ice cream emporium. This poignant look back allows us to cry with the actress during her sorrows, rejoice in her successes, and finally, always, to laugh.

Questions:

1.     Which character do you like the most and why? The least and why?

2.     What passage from the book stood out to you?

3.     Are there situations and/or characters you can identify with, if so how?

4.     Did you learn something you didn’t know before?

5.     Do you feel as if your views on a subject have changed by reading this text?

6.     Have you had a life changing revelation from reading this text?

7.     What major emotion did the story evoke in you as a reader?

8.     At what point in the book did you decide if you liked it or not? What helped make this decision?

9.     Name your favorite thing overall about the book. Your least favorite?

10.  If you could change something about the book what would it be and why?

11.  Describe what you liked or disliked about the writer’s style?