MLBC Discussion #4

Let's continue our discussion.

1. In one particular scene where Tee is trying to analyze all her problems, she says "…ignorance is not bliss. It just means that when life slaps you upside your head you can say, 'Where'd that come from?' and halfway believe yourself." How do you interpret this thought? Do you agree that ignorance is simply an excuse?
2. Tee sees herself as a voice from the past whose message serves as a warning to a new generation: "And I'm writing [my story] all down…so I can give my grandbaby a word or two of advice, not that they'll listen. Some things you just have to learn for yourself." What message would you tell the next generation? What warning did your parents give to you that you just "had to learn for yourself" and couldn't take their word for it?

Portions of the questions for this discussion came from the Touchstone Reading Group Guide found at the end of the novel "What Doesn't Kill You."
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