The Barclay place cover

The Barclay place

by Elinore Denniston

After three years in Europe, Maggie Barclay had come home to the house where her parents had died of a freak accident, only to be faced with a vicious campaign to scare her away from the small Connecticut village. Was the culprit the handsome neighbor who was an invalid or the curiously helpful, well-educated Dale Curtis--a stranger in the village?

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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?