Lindsay
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Amy Engel:
Hi Amy - My book club picked The Roanoke Girls and I absolutely LOVED it! I couldn't stop talking about it while I was reading and I couldn't stop thinking about it after I was done! I was trying to find discussion questions for our group, but didn't find any through the publisher. Were there any specific themes/characters/settings that you would hope we would delve in to as a book club? Thanks!
Amy Engel
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(view spoiler)[Hi Lindsay,
I'm thrilled you loved the book and that your book club is reading it! As for book club discussion, I have a few questions/ideas that might help. 1) Do you like Lane? Why or why not? How important do you think it is to have a "likable" main character; 2) Do you think Gran is right when she says mothers are held to a different standard than fathers? If yes, why do you think we tend to blame mothers more? 3) When I worked as a criminal defense attorney, I found that female victims are often blamed for their own abuse, especially when they don't react the way we think they should. Why do you think that might occur? 4) One theme that was important to me when writing the book was the idea that most people are not all good or all bad. As a defense attorney, most people I encountered (even the ones who had done awful things) weren't monsters like they seem on television. They were all painfully human. I definitely wanted to explore that in the book, even if it made for uncomfortable reading at times. That might be a theme/idea for discussion. Thanks again for your question and I hope this helps with your book club!
Best,
Amy (hide spoiler)]
I'm thrilled you loved the book and that your book club is reading it! As for book club discussion, I have a few questions/ideas that might help. 1) Do you like Lane? Why or why not? How important do you think it is to have a "likable" main character; 2) Do you think Gran is right when she says mothers are held to a different standard than fathers? If yes, why do you think we tend to blame mothers more? 3) When I worked as a criminal defense attorney, I found that female victims are often blamed for their own abuse, especially when they don't react the way we think they should. Why do you think that might occur? 4) One theme that was important to me when writing the book was the idea that most people are not all good or all bad. As a defense attorney, most people I encountered (even the ones who had done awful things) weren't monsters like they seem on television. They were all painfully human. I definitely wanted to explore that in the book, even if it made for uncomfortable reading at times. That might be a theme/idea for discussion. Thanks again for your question and I hope this helps with your book club!
Best,
Amy (hide spoiler)]
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