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Authors: Mary Carter
A READING GROUP GUIDE
HOME WITH
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The suggested questions are included to enhance
your group's reading of Mary Carter's
Home with My Sisters
.
your group's reading of Mary Carter's
Home with My Sisters
.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1.
When the novel opens, Faith and Joy brush off Hope's invitation to get together for Christmas. What does this say about the relationship between the three of them?
When the novel opens, Faith and Joy brush off Hope's invitation to get together for Christmas. What does this say about the relationship between the three of them?
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2.
Hope breaks up with Michael shortly after meeting Austin. Coincidence?
Hope breaks up with Michael shortly after meeting Austin. Coincidence?
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3.
Hope wants to visit their grandmother primarily to find out what happened to their father. What is Faith's and Joy's motivation for going?
Hope wants to visit their grandmother primarily to find out what happened to their father. What is Faith's and Joy's motivation for going?
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4.
Joy is the sister who missed out on knowing their father. How does this shape her behavior?
Joy is the sister who missed out on knowing their father. How does this shape her behavior?
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5.
How does their birth order affect each sister's personality, or does it?
How does their birth order affect each sister's personality, or does it?
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6.
Faith is the only sister with children of her own. Do you think because of this that she's not as stuck in the past as Hope?
Faith is the only sister with children of her own. Do you think because of this that she's not as stuck in the past as Hope?
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7.
Yvette is dying and is worried about Roger. Do you think this is the only reason she allows Austin to contact her granddaughters?
Yvette is dying and is worried about Roger. Do you think this is the only reason she allows Austin to contact her granddaughters?
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8.
How does Yvette react to Josh and Brittany? Is she more or less open to them than to her granddaughters?
How does Yvette react to Josh and Brittany? Is she more or less open to them than to her granddaughters?
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9.
When Roger first meets Hope he leaves her a pinecone. Do you think he's fully aware in this moment of who Hope is?
When Roger first meets Hope he leaves her a pinecone. Do you think he's fully aware in this moment of who Hope is?
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10.
Yvette has a few words to say when she first meets Joy's boyfriend Harrison. She says in her day they only drank one kind of milk. Is she really talking about milk, or like Joy believes, is she making a racist comment?
Yvette has a few words to say when she first meets Joy's boyfriend Harrison. She says in her day they only drank one kind of milk. Is she really talking about milk, or like Joy believes, is she making a racist comment?
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11.
Josh, we learn, has recently made a suicide attempt. Do you think his state of mind has anything to do with the secrets that Faith is keeping?
Josh, we learn, has recently made a suicide attempt. Do you think his state of mind has anything to do with the secrets that Faith is keeping?
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12.
Does Christmas approaching help everyone to heal, or does it make it worse for all of them? Or both? Please discuss.
Does Christmas approaching help everyone to heal, or does it make it worse for all of them? Or both? Please discuss.
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13.
How do the sisters change and grow at the end of the novel, if at all?
How do the sisters change and grow at the end of the novel, if at all?
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14.
Will Hope stay with Austin? Will Joy and Harrison make a success out of their coffee truck? Will Faith make her new blended family work?
Will Hope stay with Austin? Will Joy and Harrison make a success out of their coffee truck? Will Faith make her new blended family work?
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15.
What do you think their relationship will be like with Roger from here on out?
What do you think their relationship will be like with Roger from here on out?
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