This section addresses underlying topics in the novel, The Center of Everything. This is a starting point for investigating ideas relating to class assignments and discussion.
Consider these connections as you read
The Center of Everything!
Life Writing
Coming of Age
Family Dynamics
Motherhood--Non-nuclear & Unconventional Families
Religion and American Culture
Representation of Women in American Culture
Teen Pregnancy
Trauma & Disability
Taking Positions & Regional Politics
Physical Location--Midwestern Studies--Regionalism--Midwestern Ideologies and Values
"Regonomics"--Economic Climate of the 1980s
Global Politics--The Cold War