Part 1: Chapters 1-11

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What are your initial thoughts on the story?

How do reading and learning a language open doors for Bethia and Caleb?

Why does Makepeace not take learning as seriously Bethia? Does it have to do with learning being Bethia's "Forbidden Fruit"?

How did you feel about the whales?

What do you think about the setting? Have you ever been to Martha's Vineyard?

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To be a woman during this time must have been unbelievably exhausting.