This is an Online Internet Book Club on Promise Not to Tell: A Novel by Jennifer Mcmahon. Discuss this book, share your thoughts, make comments, ask questions, offer responses...
Description
Forty-one-year-old school nurse Kate Cypher has returned home to rural Vermont to care for her mother who's afflicted with Alzheimer's. On the night she arrives, a young girl is murdered—a horrific crime that eerily mirrors another from Kate's childhood. Three decades earlier, her dirt-poor friend Del—shunned and derided by classmates as "Potato Girl"—was brutally slain. Del's killer was never found, while the victim has since achieved immortality in local legends and ghost stories. Now, as this new murder investigation draws Kate irresistibly in, her past and present collide in terrifying, unexpected ways. Because nothing is quite what it seems . . . and the grim specters of her youth are far from forgotten.
More than just a murder mystery, Jennifer McMahon's extraordinary debut novel, Promise Not to Tell, is a story of friendship and family, devotion and betrayal—tautly written, deeply insightful, beautifully evocative, and utterly unforgettable.
Book Club Questions for Promise Not to Tell (Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Promise Not to Tell: A Novel (Fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Promise Not to Tell:
- Did Jennifer Mcmahon emphasize any specific themes throughout Promise Not to Tell? What do you think Jennifer Mcmahon is trying to explain with this theme?
- What was unique about the setting of Promise Not to Tell and how did it affect the storyline?
- Could you relate to any of the characters? If so, which ones and why?
- How do characters change or learn throughout Promise Not to Tell? What events caused these changes? Have you or someone you know experienced the same thing?
- How does Promise Not to Tell reveal Jennifer Mcmahon's own perspectives about people and the world? For a lively discussion, describe why you think Jennifer Mcmahon is liberal or conservative.
- Did certain parts of Promise Not to Tell affect you emotionally? Why did it evoke those emotions?
- Did Jennifer Mcmahon's point of view on things lend new perspective to your own view of the world?
Book Club Questions for Promise Not to Tell (for Non-Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Promise Not to Tell: A Novel (Non-fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Promise Not to Tell:
- Did Jennifer Mcmahon make persuasive arguments in Promise Not to Tell? Did Promise Not to Tell change or reinforce your opinion on the subject?
- What did you learn from Promise Not to Tell?
- How does Jennifer Mcmahon present the information and did you enjoy it?
- How is Jennifer Mcmahon biased within Promise Not to Tell? Is there a political slant to what is being discussed and how does it impact the book?
- What, if anything, does Promise Not to Tell make you want to read next? Why?
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