CLICK HERE to access a special Salon Kit for Solitary Walker
For readers of Solitary Walker, N.J. Mastro has designed a salon kit to flavor your book club discussion with a historical theme. Find articles, food and beverage pairings, music suggestions, and extended questions beyond the readers guide at the back of the novel, and style your book club discussion in the tradition of Mary Wollstonecraft's era.
What is a salon?
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In its simplest form, a salon is a gathering of people for the purpose of engaging in conversation about topics of mutual interest. A long time ago, salons brought people together to discuss scholarly topics, making them a crucial venue for learned women to exercise their intellect without chastisement. Society considered educated women unladylike. The Bluestocking Society changed that for a time and was part of Mary Wollstonecraft’s England. Thinking women, or bluestockings, as they became known, were not a society per se, but were loosely organized gatherings of friends interested in exercising their intellects within their literary circle.
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For a copy of a traditional Readers Guide at the back of the novel, CLICK HERE.
Mastro loves interacting with book clubs. To invite her to your book club discussion of Solitary Walker, email her at nancy@njmastro.com