selki | *Horse* by Pulitzer winner Geraldine Brooks

I'll be leading a library Zoom on this historical fiction on Thursday night. I'm 70% of the way done and have liked it a whole lot so far.

Discussion prompts

This book mixes horse racing, racism of the 1850s and 2022, art history, and Smithsonian backstage life. Did the mixture work for you? Did you have a strong preference for some parts of the story versus others?
What did you think of the different narrative viewpoints (1850s groom/trainer, 1850s artist/writer, 2022 art historian, 2022 lab-runner / bone articulator, 1950s art collector, others)? Were all the voices convincing?
What did you think of the parallels in the relationships between Jarret and Mary, and Theo and Jess?
Have you read anything else by Geraldine Brooks? How did this compare?
What did you think of the endings for the various characters/timelines?

References and other discussion guides (dozens more discussion prompts)