What
kind of a person was Grace? How well did you get to know her? How did she feel
about and use her gifts?
How did
the personalities of Grace, Ted, and Randy support their actions?
How did
Greg Evans and Matty van Ooyen fit into Grace’s life?
To what
did Shelby credit her successful pregnancy? Do you think Grace agreed?
Have you
ever faced a traumatic situation like Grace’s, where you just wanted to run
away? Why do you think she took all the blame for her husband’s death?
In what
ways did the people of East Bay need Grace? Did she meet their needs? How or
how not?
How did
Grace need the people of East Bay? In what ways did they support her or not
support her? Is your community similar or different to East Bay?
How did
you feel when Grace finally let the past catch up with her? Was her reaction a
surprise? Did she need to go through that experience in order to reach out to
Ted?
What
were the main issues in the story? How do they compare to other books you or
your group has read?
How was
the Petoskey stone significant to the story?
Did the
setting work to frame the scope of the story?
How easy
or difficult was it to follow the course of the story?
How did
the title serve the book’s theme?
