
A reader's guide for "Wellness: A novel," Oprah's book club pick
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Oprah Winfrey has selected "Wellness: A novel" by New York Times best-selling writer Nathan Hill as her newest book club pick.
"Wellness: A novel" looks at a 20-year relationship between Elizabeth and Jack, from their initial meeting as lonely students in Chicago in 1993 to their turbulent marriage in 2014.
The questions, discussion topics and other material that follow are intended to enhance a group's conversation of Hill's love story that explores the ways science, art, religion and culture shape the stories people tell themselves — and one another — and therefore shape the realities in which we live.

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