Victorine (aka cover

Victorine (aka

by Frances Parkinson Keyes

A lineal descendant of Frances Parkinson Keyes' last novel, "Blue Camellia," the story of Victorine concerns the return of a cosmopolitan, half-Jewish, half-Roman Catholic girl to Louisiana with her father, a successful merchant and dress designer who has come home to die.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  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?