Sara answers “Book club questions?”

Catherine Reading asked this question about The Island:

Book club questions?

Sara I know this is late, however hopefully this helps someone in the future.

1) Why didn't we get to see the last evening she and her husband had together?…moreI know this is late, however hopefully this helps someone in the future.

1) Why didn't we get to see the last evening she and her husband had together?
2) Is Anna jealous of her sister or not, and if so why?
3) Who was doing the cooking in the Vandoulakis household?
4) Didn't Sofia have contact with her grandparents and aunts?
5) Didn't nine-year-old Sofia question why she visited a grandfather every week who was not related to either of her 'parents'? As the whole of the village knew what happened to her real parents, weren't they terrified that someone would let something slip?
6) Does anyone think that anything changed after she found out the truth about her parents, her great-grandmother Eleni and her daughters and a family? What that information does to the person's future and the desicions that need to be made?
7) Would you have reacted the way Sofia reacted when she discovered her true parentage?
8) Who’s story is this? Is it Alexis’ story? Is it her mother, Sophia’s, story? Or is it her aunt Maria’s story?
9) Alexis took this trip with her boyfriend?
10) Why the sudden end to the story?
11) Were you aware of Spinalonga prior to reading this book?
12) Was the description of life on Spinalonga has been romanticised?
13) Why examine the cool relics of past civilisations when she could be breathing life into her own history?
14) Would you read it for a second time?
15) Would you recommend it?
16) Have you thought about the pain or happiness it carries?
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