Such Is Love cover

Such Is Love

by Mary Burchell

When Gwyneth married Van Onslie she thought she had buried the past, finally and irrevocably. She had believed her mother's statement that the child she had had secretly after her brief, tragic bigamous marriage was dead! Only when it was too late to draw back did she find that her little boy was still alive - and at an orphanage of which Gwyneth's new husband was a trustee. What could Gwyneth do? She could never now disclose the whole story to Van. Yet she could not avoid going with him to the orphanage, pretending a pleasant, polite interest in the children, and hiding the anguished thought: which of those children was hers? Which? Which?

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Chappie’s discussion starters

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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?