The Double Bind is another book discussion book. It was a very easy read. The thing I really loved about it was all the references to The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. We just read that book for our Classics discussion and it was perfect timing.
The Double Bind is about a young lady who works in a homeless shelter. She had been brutally attacked during college and withdrew into herself for awhile afterwards. During her work at the shelter she meets Bobbie Crocker, an elderly homeless man. He suffered from mental illnesses. After he passes away they find a bag of photographs that he claimed to have taken. She is assigned to go thru them in an attempt to possibly have a showing of these wonderful pictures. The photos become an obsession with her when she recognizes herself in one of them and also places where she grew up.
As the story progresses and her obsession grows she withdraws from her friends and co-workers. The ending was a bit of a shock for me. If you decide to read this book please let me know if you figured things out before the end. It took me a while to start wondering!
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