Questions About This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!

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Would this be a good read for our book club which are all senior citizens?

Mimi This is one of my favorite books of 2015- and I've read quite a few. To be able to laugh out loud at certain parts of a book, and get teary-eyed at ot…moreThis is one of my favorite books of 2015- and I've read quite a few. To be able to laugh out loud at certain parts of a book, and get teary-eyed at other parts means, for me, a wonderful read. There is so much to discuss about this book. I am planning to give it to several people this year as a Christmas gift.(less)

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what does CTO stand for?

Cher The CTO referred to in this book is the Chief Transitional Officer handling Bernard Chance's transition, per page 14.…moreThe CTO referred to in this book is the Chief Transitional Officer handling Bernard Chance's transition, per page 14.(less)

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I am confused about the chapter about Harriet at one year old. Why does the narrator refer to Harriet as more than one person?

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Was there any real point to Harriet's husband coming to see her?!

Robert Blumenthal I felt that mostly this was simply a plot device chosen by the author, ala Six Feet Under or Dexter. I believe that he was there because she had some …moreI felt that mostly this was simply a plot device chosen by the author, ala Six Feet Under or Dexter. I believe that he was there because she had some important unresolved issues with him, and he acted, in ghostly fashion, as a guide and instigator of her coming to grips with some important and traumatic events in her past.(less)

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I think I would like to read this book. I am an older woman but not really old in spirit and mind. I see many people my age buying into "old age." It is much more healthy to keep on the creative life force side of life. I am ready to market my second book and have had lots of adventures promoting my first one, "The Girl in the Butternut Dress." Was it hard plotting a book with different flashback ages?

Andrea I'm reading this book right now and I really enjoy it. I like Harriet as a character and it's interesting to see her at different ages. The main parts…moreI'm reading this book right now and I really enjoy it. I like Harriet as a character and it's interesting to see her at different ages. The main parts of the book have her at age 78 (I'm on page 107 so far so I don't know how long old she will be by the end of the book), but even at my age of 51 I like reading about her as an older woman. I didn't think that I would like a book that skips around from age to age, but each chapter seems like a short story, almost like a commercial because the real story is the one about her going on the cruise and when it comes back to that part, it just seems to fall into place. (less)

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May be a dumb question, but the whole thing with "Sinta" and then on the cruise ship puzzled me. Was it meant to show that Harriet couldn't tell people apart?

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