This is an Online Internet Book Club on Vanishing Acts: A Novel by Jodi Picoult. Discuss this book, share your thoughts, make comments, ask questions, offer responses...
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How do you recover the past when it was never yours to lose?Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her beloved, widowed father, she now has a young daughter, a handsome fiance, and her own search-and-rescue bloodhound, which she uses to find missing persons. But as Delia plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can't recall...until a policeman knocks on her door, revealing a secret about herself that changes the world as she knows it -- and threatens to jeopardize her future. With Vanishing Acts, Jodi Picoult explores how life -- as we know it -- might not turn out the way we imagined; how the people we've loved and trusted can suddenly change before our very eyes; how the memory we thought had vanished could return as a threat. Once again, Picoult handles an astonishing and timely topic with under-standing, insight, and compassion.
Book Club Questions for Vanishing Acts (Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Vanishing Acts: A Novel (Fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Vanishing Acts:
- Did Jodi Picoult emphasize any specific themes throughout Vanishing Acts? What do you think Jodi Picoult is trying to explain with this theme?
- What was unique about the setting of Vanishing Acts 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 Vanishing Acts? What events caused these changes? Have you or someone you know experienced the same thing?
- How does Vanishing Acts reveal Jodi Picoult's own perspectives about people and the world? For a lively discussion, describe why you think Jodi Picoult is liberal or conservative.
- Did certain parts of Vanishing Acts affect you emotionally? Why did it evoke those emotions?
- Did Jodi Picoult's point of view on things lend new perspective to your own view of the world?
Book Club Questions for Vanishing Acts (for Non-Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Vanishing Acts: A Novel (Non-fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Vanishing Acts:
- Did Jodi Picoult make persuasive arguments in Vanishing Acts? Did Vanishing Acts change or reinforce your opinion on the subject?
- What did you learn from Vanishing Acts?
- How does Jodi Picoult present the information and did you enjoy it?
- How is Jodi Picoult biased within Vanishing Acts? Is there a political slant to what is being discussed and how does it impact the book?
- What, if anything, does Vanishing Acts make you want to read next? Why?
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