Judas flowering

by Jane Aiken Hodge

1st book in the Purchis Saga Mercy Phillips, newly arrived in America with her family to find equality, instead sees her father killed by a mob. While she is rescued by Hart Purchis from an old Savannah family and plantation, it is his cousin Francis who at first captures her heart.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

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Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?