This document discusses Tony Earley's book "Somehow Form a Family" and provides discussion questions about it. Specific details about characters like Frady Taylor are mentioned. The document notes techniques Earley uses like gaps and silences in the circular narrative structure. Discussion questions ask about identifying Earley's techniques, evaluating his most and least successful ones, and whether the reader liked the book and why.

1. S o m e h o w F o r m a F a m i l y By Tony Earley

2. www.hdtvonthedish.com /

3. S p e c i f i c D e t a i l s Frady Taylor Mark&Joan Earley Whites John Harris Burton Harris www.ohiohistorycentral.org/images/1504.jpg

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5. G a p s & S i l e n c e s

6. T r a n s i t i o n s

7. “ We decided to shoot the cat on the third Sunday in May…” (57).

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9. www.edmorales.net

10. Find an example of a technique that Earley uses… D i s c u s s i o n Q u e s t i o n 1

11. D i s c u s s i o n Q u e s t i o n 2 What is Earley’s most successful technique, his weakest? Why?