Readers’ Guides
The questions that follow are intended to enhance your group's reading and discussion of ALL THE NUMBERS by Judy Merrill Larsen. Questions 1. In the interview with Bev Marshall, Judy Larsen discusses the use of symbolism in All The Numbers (page xx). Did you notice references to numbers in the [...]
The questions that follow are intended to enhance your group's reading and discussion of AMERICAN GHOST by Janis Owens. Questions 1. What specific themes did the author emphasize throughout the novel? What do you think she is trying to get across to the reader? 2. Did the rural North Florida [...]
The questions that follow are intended to enhance your group's reading and discussion of AND SHE WAS by Cindy Dyson Introduction There are places that can remake you -- slippery, gray places. Places that hold their secrets in the fog and whisper them on the wind. And when Brandy, a [...]
The questions that follow are intended to enhance your group's reading and discussion of BEAUTIFUL INEZ by Bart Schneider. About This Guide Rich with the bohemian romance, music, and ethnic melding of 1962 San Francisco, BEAUTIFUL INEZ beguiles even as it explores such explosive issues as sexuality, obsession, and authenticity. [...]
A Conversation with the Author One gets the impression in reading your novels, especially those dealing with spiritual matters, that you are probably a deeply spiritual person yourself. Is that an accurate description, and if so, are these novels an expression of your beliefs and in some regard autobiographical? I [...]
The questions that follow are intended to enhance your group's reading and discussion of CONFESSIONS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT by Laurie Viera Rigler. Questions 1. Would you have handled things differently if you found yourself in Courtney’s/Jane’s situation? Which things would you have done differently? Which things would you [...]
The material that follows is intended to enhance your group's reading and discussion of DOLLBABY by Laura L. McNeal An Introduction to Dollbaby It’s the summer of 1964 and eleven-year-old Ibby has just lost her father in a freak bicycle accident. Undone from the whole ordeal, Ibby’s mother Vidrine [...]
The questions that follow are intended to enhance your group's reading and discussion of DREAMING IN FRENCH by Alice Kaplan Questions for reading group 1. Dreaming in French tells the story of three very different women who in their lifetimes became American icons. Do you think they still have power [...]
The questions that follow are intended to enhance your group's reading and discussion of FREUD'S REQUIEM by Matthew von Unwerth Questions What is your overall impression of Freud’s Requiem? Of the ideas, arguments, and facts the author presents in this book, what stood out the most for you? On page [...]
The questions that follow are intended to enhance your group's reading and discussion of JERUSALEM MAIDEN by Talia Carner. Questions 1. “The Greenwald girl” represents a concept of a young woman who followed her heart—and her non-Jewish lover—and brought a chain of disasters upon her family. Discuss Esther's action in [...]
