ONE STORY. A MONTH OF PERSPECTIVES.
The Casebook Reading Club
For readers who finish the book and still want to talk about it.
Start with this free, self-guided edition. Read alone, with a friend or with your own book club. There is no live meeting or account requirement.
STARTER SELECTION
The Good Nurse
Explore Charles Graeber’s reported book, the dramatic film and the separate documentary Capturing the Killer Nurse. The story concerns real deaths and failures to protect patients; approach it with care.
Choose Your Book & Screen Version →- WEEK 01
Begin with the account
Start Graeber’s book at your own pace. Note its publication date, point of view and source methods.
Discuss: What makes a reported detail persuasive? What would you want to verify independently?
- WEEK 02
Follow the wider story
Continue the book and build a timeline. Keep separate columns for events and when other people learned about them.
Discuss: Where does the account describe an individual decision, and where does it raise an institutional question?
- WEEK 03
Watch the dramatization
Compare the film with what you have read. Record one shift in emphasis and one question about a reconstructed scene.
Discuss: How does the film’s focus on Amy Loughren shape your understanding?
- WEEK 04
Bring the sources together
Explore the documentary and linked case sources. Revisit one claim that remained uncertain earlier.
Discuss: What did interviews add? Which questions remain unanswered across all three accounts?
Make space for your own notes.
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