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— TRACY REES, Richard & Judy winner and author of The Hourglass
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Book Club Questions - from the Richard & Judy WHSmith Special Edition
1. The friendship between Nancy and Charlotte is central to the novel. What other key relationships drive the narrative?
2. Nancy kept secrets from both Albert, Teddy and Tomas. Do you think she was right to do this and how would her story, and the story of those around her, have been different if she hadn’t?
3. How do the descriptions in the different settings of the novel bring the story to life?
4. Nancy and Ellie are two young women living eight decades apart. What are their similarities and differences and how are these affected by the time in which they live?