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Cracks

by Sheila Kohler

"Set in a remote corner of South Africa in the early 1960s, Cracks is a story of young girls caught up in a drama of passion, longing, and identity."--BOOK JACKET. "Fiamma Coronna, a foreign student out walking the grounds of her boarding school, disappears one day into the heat and dust of the Transvaal. Forty years later, her schoolmates gather at the invitation of the aged headmistress to save the school from a developer's bulldozer. They had been memebers of the school's swim team, each completely devoted to their coach, Miss G., a powerfully attractive, charismatic woman who was their first crush, their "crack." Now middle-aged, each of these women - whether accomplished or frustrated, voluble or silent - remembers the events leading to Fiamma's disappearance."--BOOK JACKET. "Through image and emotion, recollection and observation, the women relive the horror of a long-buried secret."--BOOK JACKET.

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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?