Readers’ Guides
The questions that follow are intended to enhance your group's reading and discussion of a KEEPING THE HOUSE by Ellen Baker Questions 1. In Dolly’s life and the lives of the characters in this novel, the Mickelson house is personified as a character in the book. Why do you think Dolly [...]
The questions that follow are intended to enhance your group's reading and discussion of MAKING WAVES by Cassandra King Conroy. Discussions/Questions 1. Though Donnette is 20 years old, her thoughts and behavior can be very childlike. How is this most strongly demonstrated? What could account for this quality in her? [...]
The questions that follow are intended to enhance your group's reading and discussion of MAY THE ROAD RISE UP TO MEET YOU by Peter Troy An engrossing, epic American drama told from four distinct perspectives, spanning the first major wave of Irish immigration to New York through the end of [...]
The questions that follow are intended to enhance your group's reading and discussion of MISTER OWITA'S GUIDE TO GARDENING by Carol Wall. Questions 1. Carol’s friendship with Giles begins with a letter. She continues her correspondence with him throughout their friendship. How do these letters help them grow together as [...]
The questions that follow are intended to enhance your group's reading and discussion of MOONRISE by Cassandra King. From Cassandra King I like to think that we as writers don't find stories, they find us. I didn't really set out to write homage to Rebecca; instead, it happened in a [...]
The questions and material that follow are intended to enhance your group's reading and discussion of MY NAME IS MARY SUTTER by Robin Oliveira Talented and ambitious, twenty-one year old Mary Sutter is a respected Albany midwife who longs to be a doctor. Refused by the medical college simply for [...]
The questions that follow are intended to enhance your group's reading and discussion of NO: WHY KIDS OF ALL AGES NEED TO HEAR IT AND WAYS PARENTS CAN SAY IT by David Walsh, Ph. D Discussion Questions 1. Do you agree that today’s parents have a more difficult time saying “no” than [...]
Introduction Nineteen years ago, a famous man disappeared from Los Angeles, taking his two children to a rocky, desolate corner of New Mexico, where he raised them in complete isolation in a utopian "Sanctuary." Now, Dorothea, the man's 23-year-old daughter, is leaving this place for the first time in search [...]
Introduction to One Foot In Eden A richly textured story of love and murder, One Foot In Eden unfolds through the distinctive voices of a small-town sheriff, a young married couple, and those who share in their secrets. Will Alexander knows there’s been a murder in this fertile corner of [...]
The questions that follow are intended to enhance your group's reading and discussion of PRAGUE by Arthur Phillips. Discussion Questions 1. Amusingly, critics have cited both Phillips’ “compassion” for his characters and his “lack of compassion” for his characters. Which, if either, of these assessments seems accurate to you? Does [...]
