Heather we did the Slap. The original cover is dark green/black with some sort of face or hand just visible... With "The Slap" and author in big white letters. ITMS!

We were a bit divided by it. It certainly gave us things to talk about! It's full of controversial topics - not just the slap, but extended bf, alcoholism and domestic violence, underage drinking/drug use/sex, inappropriate relationships between adults/minors, adjusting to new cultures, displacement, homosexuality, just to name a few!!!!!

I liked parts of it but other parts I found quite confronting and excessively crude - like he was writing a sex scene and it was OTT graphic. Which I don't think is required... Maybe that's just me, maybe I'm a prude

Actually no others thought that too.

Hope that helps!