To the North cover

To the North

by Elizabeth Bowen

In 1920s London, Cecilia Summers, a recent widow, and her sister-in-law, Emmeline, face difficulties in their relationships with, respectively, the kind, but unemotional Julian Tower, and Mark Linkwater, who dictates the terms of his love affair.

More by Elizabeth Bowen

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?