Study Guide for Book Clubs Quotes

“Fern goes on to marry a doctor and have children. She then moves in with her older sister until she dies.”
― Kathryn Cope, Study Guide for Book Clubs: Before We Were Yours

“Over the course of her life, she also acquires three husbands in very different lines of work: a teacher, a preacher and an artist.”
― Kathryn Cope, Study Guide for Book Clubs: Before We Were Yours

“As the story progresses we learn that the dragonfly bracelets have a special significance for the Foss sisters. When they are reunited as adults, May gives each of her sisters a bracelet as a symbol of their connection to each other and also as a reminder of the siblings that they have lost.”
― Kathryn Cope, Study Guide for Book Clubs: Before We Were Yours

“Wingate reminds us that elderly people with cognition problems are just as vulnerable to abuse as children, and relatives do not always know what goes on behind closed doors.”
― Kathryn Cope, Study Guide for Book Clubs: Before We Were Yours

“Avery sees parallels between the adoptive parents, whose money gave them a ‘right’ to a child, and her own family. She realises that, if she succeeds her father as senator, the role will be handed to her not through merit but on a silver platter of privilege.”
― Kathryn Cope, Study Guide for Book Clubs: Before We Were Yours

“May becomes a successful musician, Lark (adopted by film stars) goes on to marry a rich businessman, and Judy becomes a society gossip columnist before marrying a senator.”
― Kathryn Cope, Study Guide for Book Clubs: Before We Were Yours

“wherever money is exchanged for the procurement of a child, there is the danger that children and families will be exploited.”
― Kathryn Cope, Study Guide for Book Clubs: Before We Were Yours