Old Burnside cover

Old Burnside

by Harriette Louisa Simpson Arnow

The author, a distinguished Kentucky writer, recounts her own personal history of the town of Burnside, and then goes on to relate how much the old way of life is still embedded into the area, and why it is an important part of "the fabric of the history of Kentucky and the nation."--Cover.

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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?