


How does The Night Swim portray small towns, especially towns with disturbing secrets and long memories?Ĥ. Given that consensuality is often used as a defense, how can accusations of rape be prosecuted fairly? Is "fair" even possible? To what degree, if any, have things changed with the #MeToo movement?ģ. Consider, especially, the process of victim shaming. Talk about the way rape trials play out in courtrooms-and in the public arena. As Rachel covers the Scott Blair/Kelly Moore rape trial, amidst the "he-said/she-said testimony, she finds herself increasingly sympathetic toward Kelly? Why does her objectivity, which she has promised her listeners, begin to dissolve?Ģ. We'll add publisher questions if and when they're available in the meantime, use our LitLovers talking points to help start a discussion for THE NIGHT SWIM … then take off on your own:ġ.
