The People We Keep

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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Part 1, Chapters 1-6

Part 1, Chapters 7-31

Part 2, Chapters 32-41

Part 2, Chapters 42-59

Part 3

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Essay Topics

By the end of the novel, April’s chosen family consists of Carly, Ethan, and Margo. What qualities do these three share that make them ideal members of April’s chosen family?

April often uses similes to describe her feelings. Choose three similes from the novel and discuss how they develop April as a character and the ways in which they evoke her feelings for readers.

April has multiple failed romantic relationships in the novel. Choose two of her exes (Matty, Adam, Justin, or Robert) and compare and contrast the characteristics that drew April to them and ultimately led her to leave them.