Jill answers “book club questions?”

Kate Ruttan asked this question about The Huntress:

book club questions?

Jill These are some thoughts bouncing in my head that I would share a discussion with others about:
What is Annalis Weber’s motivation to be kind and helpfu…moreThese are some thoughts bouncing in my head that I would share a discussion with others about:
What is Annalis Weber’s motivation to be kind and helpful to Jordan? Is empowering Jordan’s independence and identity to make up for Annalis’ dependence on her married Nazi officer lover?

How do you think Nina’s father was connected to Nina in the flying regiment? Do you think it was Stalin himself, Stalin’s paranoia that recognized Nina’s expression when they met?

Discuss the role of women in the WWII theater. Does a formal regiment like the Night Witches give the women veterans more respect or honor, or does the military service distract or contradict from their eventual civilian role of women in society?

Does the search for The Huntress provide closure or justice for the atrocities committed in the War, or does the search prolong the despair and trigger the PTSD of the survivors trying to continue life in a peacetime setting?

Do you think Ian and Nina can continue in a healthy or healing relationship?

What do you think happens to Kolb?

How should countries heal from wars? The period of Reconstruction after the Civil War ceased the prosecution of war crimes committed by the Confederacy now that they were to be a unified country. The Treaty of Versailles punished the Germans for being the aggressor of WWI, which led to the animosity and creation of the extreme Nazi party. Many Nazi survivors were able to settle in locations overseas. Should the prosecutions of Nazi survivors been more aggressively pursued?

Was the love affair between Nina and Elena necessary for the story or a distraction? Do you think Ian and Nina’s frank discussion of their other sexual partners in the five years of marital separation was relevant? Jordan and her fiancé (forget his name) discuss his sexual trysts in his military experience. Again, do you feel these discussions added depth and breadth to the novel or were they a distraction to the progression of plot?(less)

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