A fun, feminist novel to read with your book club.
Her Fidelity is a fun, funny novel set in one of the only Australian independent record stores still functioning. Exploring themes like growing up, feminism, and coming-of-age, the book is ripe for discussion with your book club.
Discussion points and questions
- Not a lot of fiction takes place on the shop floor. Do you recognise any of Kathy's workplace experiences from your own job? Do you think they're shared across professions or particular to retail and/or the music industry?
- Is there pressure to have life 'figured out' by adulthood? Did you find Kathy's arrested development relatable?
- How did you perceive Kathy’s relationship with her parents?
- From childhood to end of life, stories of female friendship endure. What is it about these relationships that provide such endless and appealing angles for storytelling?
- How do you feel about the men of Her Fidelity? Were the male characters, those in the record store and those without, treated appropriately?
- Will Kathy’s relationship with Patrick lead to happy ever after?
- Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity started as a novel and has been reimagined as a film and a tv series. Why do you think Katharine Pollock has called her novel Her Fidelity?
- If you were to sum up your job using three song titles, what would they be?
- If Her Fidelity was a record, what music genre would it be shelved under?
If this sounds like the perfect book club pick to you, learn more about the book here.
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