The Double Bind & The Great Gatsby

This was not a combination book group meeting, just a combination book group summary.

Prior to reading The Double Bind, the group read The Great Gatsby. Chris Bohajalian, the author, ties The Great Gatsby plot into The Double Bind. It's a great way to set up for a book group meeting or to be read a classic and then a more current book. Anyway, not all of the participants were sold on The Great Gatsby, but we all thought it was a worthwhile read. We all thought that the content was too much for high school students, even though as students we read it in high school.

The Double Bind is a fascinating read. It had many interesting ideas and topics for discussions. It is a study in psychology and anyone who studied psychology in high school would enjoy it.