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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Friends and Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our June book is Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please find attached and below questions for discussion and Carl’s vocabulary. Thank you Carl.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our meeting takes place at 7:00 pm Wednesday June 3, 2020.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Zoom information will follow closer to the date of the meeting.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">John<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Discussion Questions for Big Lies in a Small Town LitLovers Copyright 2020<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1. How does the prologue introduce us to the novel? What does it leave you wondering about? Did it succeed in making you want to read further?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2. The novel alternates between two time frames and voices—did you feel drawn to the past or present narrative and characters more?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">3. Both women suffered terrible and unfair hardship in their lives, can you relate to how they react to it and the choices they make?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">4. In the present-day narrative, everyone speculates that Anna lost her mind, and that’s why the mural was finished the way it was. Before what happened to her was revealed, what did you suspect? Were you surprised by what did happen?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">5. The novel tackles a lot of tough subject matter within the alternating story-lines. Was there one plot point that resonated with you more than the others?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">6. For both of these characters, the mural and art become part of a healing process. For Anna, it is the death of her mother while, for Morgan, it is the accident and time in prison. Is there something similar in your life that has helped
you heal from trauma and hardship?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">7. As you were reading, did you expect Oliver and Morgan to fall in love? Why or why not? Do you think Oliver is good for Morgan, and vice versa?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">8. How did you react to Jesse helping Anna to cover up the murder and in doing so abandoning his life? Do you agree with Anna’s decision to allow him to do so?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">9. In chapter 67, Anna and Morgan’s connection is revealed, as is Jesse’s reasoning for requesting that Morgan restore the mural. Did you anticipate this connection?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">10. The revelation about Judith Shipley’s true identity is a huge twist at the end of the novel. Did you suspect anything about this? Do you agree with her decision to change her identity completely and start a new life? Would you have
come back all those years later?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">11. Morgan spends a lot of time thinking about Emily Maxwell and how her actions impacted her life. What do you think about her decision to visit her in the end? Would you have done the same? How do you imagine that visit went?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">12. What do you think the future has in store for Morgan?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Vocabulary<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Chapter 5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">P 39 plait – braid of material<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Wore dreadlocks pulled together into a long plait
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Chapter 7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">P 50 abrade – to rub or wear away especially by friction<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">abraded paint <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">p 51 vignette - picture<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">in the fifth and final vignette<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Chapter 8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">P 57 sachet - bag<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">pink sachets<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Chapter 11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">P 80 chambray – a lightweight clothing fabric with colored warp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">blue chambray shirt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Chapter 13<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">P 86 frisson – a brief moment of emotional excitement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">a frisson of anxiety in my chest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">p 92 inpainting – a conservation process where damaged, deteriorating, or missing parts of an artwork are filled in to present a complete image<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">not using oil paint for inpainting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Chapter 16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">P 103 winsome – generally pleasing and engaging<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Silver-laced hair that kept falling across his forehead in a way that Anna found winsome<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Chapter 17<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">P 108 dowel – a piece of wood driven into a wall so that other pieces can be nailed to it<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">cotton-wrapped dowel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">p 110 rad – an excellent thing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Damn, girl, that’s rad<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Chapter 23<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">P 148 dodgy – not sound, good, or reliable<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">studying the crude images with the dodgy machine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">P 149 towheaded – having tousled hair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">towheaded boy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">p 152 smock – a light loose garment worn especially for protection of clothing while working<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Her heavy sweater beneath her smock was plenty warm enough<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Chapter 26<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">P 165 example of prejudice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">“I’m not leaving you alone with him”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">P 168 miter – fit together<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">“I know how to miter them corners right”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">P 168 bevel - slanted<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">I made frames to stretch them over, even with bevel edges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">P 169 prissy – overly prim and precise<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Despite Theresa’s prissy attitude<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Chapter 29<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">P 186 pointillist strokes – the theory or practice in art of applying small strokes or dots of color to a surface so that from a distance they blend together<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">I watched Oliver use short pointillist strokes with a tiny brush<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Chapter 42<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">P 252 niggling – bothersome or persistent especially in a petty or tiresome way<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Anna felt that niggling bit of envy again<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Chapter 48<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">P 276 catatonia – characterized by a marked lack of movement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">She gave in to the catatonia that had taken hold of her<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Chapter 56<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">P 304 tremulous – characterized by nervousness<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Anna opened the door and drew in a tremulous breath<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">P 304 blackjack – hand weapon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">had one of those blackjacks attached to his belt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Chapter 63<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">P 355 atelier – an artist’s studio or workroom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">where she and her granddaughter maintain an atelier, training new artists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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