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Things Remembered By Georgia Bockoven
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Things Remembered

A Novel





Questions for Discussion

1. Taking into consideration the emotionally wounded state Karla was in when she came to live with Anna as a child, do you think their adversarial relationship was a given, or was there something Anna could, or should, have done to ease the transition that she didn't?

2. How big a factor were the ages of the three girls in their response to Anna when they came to live with her?

3. Grandparents taking over the rearing of their grandchildren is not uncommon in today's society. How do you feel about the way the book handles the problems created by combining two vastly different generations? Is love always enough in a situation like this?

4. Could Karla have made the transition in her feelings for Anna without coming to terms with her mother's death?

5. Do you think Anna was right when she said that she and Karla were alike? How important, or unimportant, was the realization?

6. If you were to give Grace her own book, how do you see it ending? Did you like or understand her? Did you see any redeeming qualities in her?

7. Do you think Karla, Heather, and Grace carried their emotional baggage into the relationships they had with the men in their lives? How?

8. Why do you feel it was so important to Heather to have Anna to herself in the end, even to the exclusion of her sisters, even to the point of going against her doctor's advice and traveling to Sacramento for Thanksgiving?

9. Things Remembered is a book about women and their relationships. Did you see yourself, your friends, or your own family members in any of the characters? If so, did it hurt or help your enjoyment of the story?

10. Do you think setting the book in the fall and including the holidays made it different than it would have been had it been set in another season?

About the Author


About Georgia Bockoven

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