2NDGO BOOK CLUB

BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH CONVERSATIONS...

THE NEXT READ...What will you make of it?

Book Club participants will receive a complimentary copy of “TRIBE” to use for the book club, graciously provided by Fat City Screen Printing (New Milford, CT).

LIMITED to 10 Readers

Participants are expected to:

  • Attend and engage in three book club sessions over the course of 30 days. 
  •  Our initial meeting will focus on an introduction to the Book Club format and novel.  
  • The second meeting will take place roughly two weeks after introduction and focus on key points of the book.  
  • The final session will take place two weeks later and allow the group to wrap things up.  
  • During the second and third sessions a moderator will facilitate a conversation that focuses on emotional intelligence and implementation of ideas presented in our novel.
"Tribe impacted me in a way I did not expect. I would read a paragraph or a page and feel like I needed to put it down and process what I was thinking. Once I finished it, I wanted to discuss and share some of my thoughts. I had started working for a Fire Department after my military career and had begun the awkward start of trying to form connections at work. Jason had served also and I felt comfortable speaking with him. I decided I would keep the copy of Tribe in my turnout gear pants pocket and give it to him when I saw him. One night our engines responded to an accident on the highway and when the patient had been transported and we were waiting for the wrecker to show up I probably somewhat awkwardly said hey man I read this book and thought you might enjoy it. I handed it off and hoped I didn't seem like to much of a weirdo. That lead to us having a great conversation. It elevated our friendship. We allowed ourselves to be vulnerable and in doing so were able to become great friends. Thank you for joining us and our hope is that this experience will have a positive impact on our growing community".
NICK NUNNALLY
NICK NUNNALLYPresident & Co-Founder

TRIBE

We have a strong instinct to belong to small groups defined by clear purpose and understanding–“tribes.” This tribal connection has been largely lost in modern society, but regaining it may be the key to our psychological survival.

Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin lamented that English settlers were constantly fleeing over to the Indians-but Indians almost never did the same. Tribal society has been exerting an almost gravitational pull on Westerners for hundreds of years, and the reason lies deep in our evolutionary past as a communal species. The most recent example of that attraction is combat veterans who come home to find themselves missing the incredibly intimate bonds of platoon life. The loss of closeness that comes at the end of deployment may explain the high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by military veterans today.

Combining history, psychology, and anthropology, Tribe explores what we can learn from tribal societies about loyalty, belonging, and the eternal human quest for meaning. It explains the irony that-for many veterans as well as civilians-war feels better than peace, adversity can turn out to be a blessing, and disasters are sometimes remembered more fondly than weddings or tropical vacations. Tribe explains why we are stronger when we come together, and how that can be achieved even in today’s divided world.

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