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The glass castle

by Violet Winspear

‘Out in the East they say that the mind of a woman is a jungle, and it is the only jungle in which a man should never get lost.’ That was the code by which Edwin Trequair lived – or so he told Heron. Why then had he asked her to marry him? More to the point, why had Heron accepted? True, he had much to offer her – money, and his fascinating house; the house which had meant so much to Heron all her life, the Glass Castle – but Heron was not the type of girl to marry for mercenary reason like that. Yet her feeling for him was of fear and curiosity more than any other emotion. Could she ever understand such a strange, arrogant man? Still less make him a successful wife…

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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?