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Does anyone have any Homecoming book club questions?

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Percy returned from his late night visit to the scene of the deaths and noticed one of the freshly cleaned pairs of boots was muddy again. Whose boots…more
Percy returned from his late night visit to the scene of the deaths and noticed one of the freshly cleaned pairs of boots was muddy again. Whose boots were they and why were they muddy?
Wouldn’t those who found the remains in the garden know that they were of an infant younger than 6 weeks? Surely that would have been an indication that they weren’t Thea's?
Did anyone else find Nora horribly manipulative?
Did Polly & Jess discover what Maggie had done?
Did Percy tell Marcus?
What was the peach tree nursery about at the end?
Before you turn that first page, stop and look at the cover. Isn’t it just gorgeous?
You expect me to believe that all these people were involved and kept it all quiet?
Did we really need to know exactly what the coroner and his family were doing at the time he was called out?
How did someone who boasted of being a career journalist never know the right questions to ask?
Why did we have to find everything in a single-sourced book?
How come Jess never googled any other member of the town as she read—seeking to discern if any of them or their relatives were still around?
Why did she lose contact with her brother?
Did Nora not think it was a good idea to reach out to her sibling?
Why would the village “mother” not have thought of the fact that most parents end up sharing food with their children—who also end up sneaking their parent’s special treats?
How far will someone go to keep secrets in their family and at what cost?
Who keeps secrets? At what cost do we preserve a secret?
How important are family secrets?
Can we ask children to keep secrets?
In 1959’s Australia, a mother and her three children are found dead. What at first seems to be fouls play quickly becomes the realization that the mother not only took her own life but also the lives of her three children. This highly unexpected even must have more to it. Why would a mother do this?
At what point does a person start believing the secrets they are hiding?
At what point do the lies told for years and years become the truth one desperately wants to believe?
Can the damage done ever be undone?
Why did we not get introspections from Percy or Isabel about their great love? Or even evidence that this was going on?
Why no introspection from Murderess Meg? Was she going crazy because of the affair and her unrealized lifelong desire for a daughter? Where were the clues about her mental state, intentions?
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