Questions About The Winemaker's Wife

by Kristin Harmel (Goodreads Author)

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I'm not sure about the title....the real winemaker is Theo, but the story is about Inez..... the vineyard owner's wife. It's a small complaint, but the author made a point of emphasizing Theo's winemaking expertise, so I'm not tracking with the title. Am I overthinking it?

Shannon I guess Michel was still a winemaker though. He was always down there working. People around town knew Michel as a winemaker. Even if Theo was also.

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is there any suspense throughout the book?

Savannah Very very mild

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Are there book club discussion questions?

Sara
1) Does Celine actually die in Auschwitz or not? Why isn't she in "heaven" when Ines/Edith gets there with Michel?
2) Liv and the lawyer fall in love a…more
1) Does Celine actually die in Auschwitz or not? Why isn't she in "heaven" when Ines/Edith gets there with Michel?
2) Liv and the lawyer fall in love almost immediately - is that realistic?
3) Couldn’t Edith have owned up and shared her own story instead of pawning it off to someone else to tell?
4) What was the rationale for taking Edith’s name? Why did she run off and take pills to die?
5) What choices would I have made if put in this awful situation?
6) How does someone live with a decision made in the past that altered their own life and the lives of the people closest to them?
7) Does one wrong choice define a person for their entire life?
8) What the heck happened to the driver that brought the Nazi leader to the vineyard the day he was killed?
9) Did the Nazis find the hidden room in the underground cave system where Michel and Theo his their best champagnes?
10) Who are you really in times of war? What do you stand for? How much are you willing to lose?
11) Do you ever think that the ghosts of the past are still with us? And that perhaps they’ve been here all along, to remind us of all we have lost?
12) Was it possible that one sin could stain your soul forever? Or could one do enough good that a mistake of such magnitude could eventually be erased?
13) Would you have been brave enough to transport people in danger or smuggle guns to the allies?
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Gina It’s open to interpretation but I think it’s Michel and Ines at the beginning of their marriage coming to the winery. The style of dress seems to be o…moreIt’s open to interpretation but I think it’s Michel and Ines at the beginning of their marriage coming to the winery. The style of dress seems to be of another age.(less)

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