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Book Discussion Guide
Sophia Sophia Aug 13, 2025 04:29PM
People of the Rock: A hopeful story of time-travelling lesbians, quantum entanglement and goats Sophia Kelly
I've written a discussion book group guide for my book People of the Rock, with questions, resources, a recording of my character leading a discussion (how meta) intended for book clubs and university, college or (perhaps) high school classrooms. I can't post a link to it here, but you can find it on my author website, which is my name dot ca. Let me know what you think.

Here's an excerpt from the intro:
People of the Rock explores ideas relating to time travel, quantum connection, gift economies/economic cooperation, 'village-style' parenting. queer romantic relationsips, chosen family, the impact of homophobia and acceptance on queer people and relationships, solar and renewable energy, food security, eco-building and city design and the impact of geographic isolation on identity. The book follows our protagonist Lucy on a journey into the future and back, and her growth from a passive follower in her relationships with others into an empowered leader capable of making hard choices and launching long term projects and plans. The character of Lucy is contrasted with the character of Brenda, who embraces and accepts her nature as a cantankerous person but also as a queer person, and then takes action from that acceptance.



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