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The lieutenant's lady

by Bess Streeter Aldrich

When Linnie Colsworth comes West to visit relatives in Omaha, she is plunged into a wider, more hazardous world than she has ever known. She travels up the Missouri to deliver a "Dear John" message to her cousin's fiance, a handsome lieutenant--and becomes the wife of this stranger.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?