If you've chosen My Father's Paradise for your book group, thank you! Here are some resources that may help spark a lively discussion: 

• DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: At the back of the paperback edition is a lengthy Q & A with the author and several pages of discussion questions. For clubs using the hardcover, a Philadelphia organization has produced an exceptional readers' guide, complete with questions for discussion. They will email it to anyone, free, so long as you fill out their brief form here. 

• THE SABAR FAMILY TREE: Unraveling the ties among the main characters in My Father's Paradise can at times be tricky. Click here to download a selective one-page family tree (PDF). Thanks to On The Same Page Long Island for the design. 

• HEAR THE AUTHOR: Ariel has talked about My Father's Paradise on NPR and many other radio stations. To hear Ariel (and his father) discuss the making of the book, please click below.

    Ariel and his father, Yona, on The Diane Rehm Show (one hour)

    Ariel and his father on Southern California's KPCC (18 minutes)

    Ariel on Dallas NPR station KERA

    Ariel on Philadelphia NPR station WHYY

• WATCH THE AUTHOR: You can stream video by clicking below.

    Interview on PBS's The Book Studio (8 minutes) - January 2010

    Interview on C-SPAN2's Book TV (10 minutes) - March 2009

    Feature program on Ariel & his father on Jewish Life TV (40 minutes)

• READ ABOUT THE AUTHOR: See this website's Author page for a bio and interviews.

• CONSIDERING THE BOOK FOR YOUR CLUB?: Download and pass around the Introduction and First Chapter (pdf).