The Holy, Educated Motherf*cker
Book Club Discussion Tips & Questions

Tips

1. If available, consider reading and responding to positive and negative reviews about Holy, Educated Motherf*cker.

2. Consider reading all of the suggested questions first. Then choose which questions you believe would resonate best with your book club participants.

3. Laugh a lot.

4. Share any additional questions you may have via the form at the bottom of this page.

Questions

Title and Cover

1. How does the cover art reflect the themes in the book? If you don’t think it does, what would you depict on the cover if you were the editor and jacket designer?

2. How does the book's title work in relation to the book's contents? If you could give the book a new title, what would it be?

Unfinished Business

1. Price never shares exactly how she got to $13.74, does that bother you? Why or why not?

2. Are there lingering questions from the book you're still thinking about?

3. If you could ask Price anything, what would it be?

4. If this book were to be made into a movie, who would you cast as Price? What about other characters?

5. Price appears to have been resilient about difficult events in her life since she was young. Do you identify with this or does it prevent you from connecting with the themes? 

A Whole Mood

1. Did reading the book impact your mood? If yes, how so?

2. Which scene has stuck with you the most?

3. Did certain parts of the book make you uncomfortable? If so, why did you feel that way? Did this lead to a new understanding or awareness of some aspect of your life you might not have thought about before?

4. Did you reread any passages? If so, which ones and why?

It’s Really About You Though

1. Did you finish it in one sitting or did it take you a while to complete?

2. Do you resonate more with the holy, the educated or the motherf*cker? Why?

3. What surprised you most?

4. How has the book reinforced or caused you to question how you handle unthinkable situations?

5. How did this book impact you? Do you think you'll remember or revisit it?

6. How would you react if you were in these same situations?  Have any of the events in this book ever happened to you? How did you resolve the situations?

7. Did this book inspire you to be more or less transparent with certain parts of your journey?

8. Do the stories and details in the book make you feel like you know the author? Could she be your friend if you met her?

9. If you could ask Price one question what would it be?

What’s Your Judgement?

1. Did the storyline change your opinion of an event, place or time period?

2. How do these ordeals change Price:

   • Taking her friend to church?

   • Experiencing the Nine Day School for the Work?

   • Deaths?

   • The situation at LAX in chapter 4?

3. Price has shared some morally questionable behavior, what benefit, if any, do you think this level of transparency offers to the world?

4. Price has often spoken about bias, how does she manage to expose us to bias and the issues with it in this book?

5. Would you read another book by Dr. Price? Why or why not?

Got a Question for Dr. Price?