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A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
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Detecting The Wisdom of Gamache
Sleuth work: identify potential phrases that could be selected for discussion next week08/10/2024 -
The spirit of the Three Pines community
Identify a phrase that embodies this topic, discuss the quote and what it means to you or how it inspires you.09/10/2024 -
The humour of Louise Penny
Identify a phrase that embodies this topic, discuss the quote and what it means to you or how it inspires you.10/10/2024 -
An insight into human nature
Identify a phrase that embodies this topic, discuss the quote and what it means to you or how it inspires you.11/10/2024 -
A historical detail of interest
Identify a phrase that embodies this topic, discuss the quote and what it means to you or how it inspires you.12/10/2024 -
An enticing food moment
Identify a phrase that embodies this topic, discuss the quote and what it means to you or how it inspires you.13/10/2024 -
Discussion of The Wisdom of Gamache phrase chosen by Louise Penny
We encourage everyone to discuss the quote and what it means to you or how it inspires you.15/10/2024 -
How do you feel about Fiona? About Sam? How do you feel about their relationships with both Armand and Jean-Guy over the years, and over the course of this novel?
In the first case Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir work together, they meet two children: Fiona and Sam Arsenault, who both grow up to be important characters in A World of Curiosities.16/04/2024 -
Knowing what we do now about the events of that day, why does Ruth incorporate imagery of witches into her tribute to those students? Where else does Louise include references of witchcraft and magic in A World of Curiosities?
Before I was not a witch, wrote Ruth Zardo in a poem memorializing the terrible events of the Montréal Massacre, But now I am one.17/04/2024 -
What is it about John Fleming that invokes this type of reaction in Gamache? How does his loss of control make you feel?
We’re used to Gamache keeping his cool during tense moments, but during his conversation with the warden of the SHU, he reacts “beyond anger, beyond rage, into a territory Beauvoir had never seen in the Chief Inspector. Gamache was losing it.”18/04/2024 -
Where else does Louise incorporate secret codes, or hidden messages, into this novel?
Ça va bien aller – all will be well. We certainly recognize this phrase from The Madness of Crowds, but LP uses it throughout A World of Curiosities as well, including once as a disguised message.19/04/2024 -
Discuss some examples of forgiveness in A World of Curiosities. Are there any characters you wouldn’t be able to forgive? What does forgiveness mean to you?
In her acknowledgements, LP writes about exploring the idea of forgiveness, the major theme in this book.20/04/2024 -
What burning questions, observations, or comments do you want to share?
Alternatively, if you could ask Louise Penny anything about this book, what would it be?21/04/2024
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