Do you think it is fitting that Jean decided she wanted her ashes scattered in Menemsha Pond on Martha’s Vineyard? Consider Russo’s concern that his mother might not have liked it if she had seen it during the winter. Do you think his worry is justified? Why or why not?

Do you think it is fitting that Jean decided she wanted her ashes scattered in Menemsha Pond on Martha’s Vineyard? Consider Russo’s concern that his mother might not have liked it if she had seen it during the winter. Do you think his worry is justified? Why or why not?

Discuss Russo’s definition of a library. Do you think this definition is to narrow? Do you think one’s books must really all make a comment about one’s personality in order to be classified as a library?

Discuss Russo’s definition...