Book Club Friends Discussion Guide For:
A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny
A Great Reckoning is Book #12 of the Chief Inspector Gamache series
When an intricate old map is found stuffed into the walls of the bistro in Three Pines, it at first seems no more than a curiosity. But the closer the villagers look, the stranger it becomes.
Published: 2016
A Great Reckoning Discussions
Please note that all discussions may contain spoilers.
Detecting The Wisdom of Gamache
Sleuth work: The Wisdom of Gamache in A Great Reckoning: Identify phrases in this book that embrace Gamache’s approach to life. ONLY comment with the phrase! Discussion of the selected phrase will take place next week after Louise reveals her phrase.27/08/2024The spirit of the Three Pines community
Identify a passage or scene that embraces the spirit of Three Pines in A Great Reckoning. What does the phrase or scene mean to you? How does it inspire you?28/08/2024The humour of Louise Penny
What’s your favourite passage or scene that demonstrates Louise’s humour in A Great Reckoning?29/08/2024An insight into human nature
Identify a passage or scene that demonstrates an insight into human nature in A Great Reckoning. Discuss the quote or scene and what it means to you or how it has impacted you.30/08/2024A historical detail of interest
In A Great Reckoning, did you pick up on any historical or geographical details of interest? Tell us about it and what you appreciated learning about in A Great Reckoning.31/08/2024An enticing food moment
Tell us about your favourite food moment in A Great Reckoning! Has the food in this book inspired you to try a new dish or bake/cook something new?01/09/2024Discussion of The Wisdom of Gamache phrase chosen by Louise Penny
Discuss The Wisdom of Gamache phrase chosen by Louise. What does this phrase mean to you? How does it inspire you?03/09/2024Did you laugh or cry at any point during A Great Reckoning, and if so, what made you do so?
“Few writers in any genre can match Penny’s ability to combine heartbreak and hope in the same scene,” said Publishers Weekly in a starred review of Bury Your Dead.20/01/2024What would YOU like to discuss about the book?
Burning questions? Favorite character? Reactions you’d like to share?21/01/2024
A Great Reckoning characters are listed in alphabetical order. Any new additions will be listed on the bottom row, along with credit to the contributor.
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Food mentioned in A Great Reckoning in order of appearance. Any new additions will be listed on the bottom row, along with credit to the contributor.
*Note: New entries may take up to five minutes to appear.
Gaspé
Cowansville
Three Pines
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Want to know more about Ruth Zardo’s Poetry?
“I’m so happy I made, by some miracle, Ruth a poet. Again, contrast. The embittered elderly poet, with such insight into the human heart (sometimes filled with frost), and human condition. Later in the series, as you might know, we find out who hurt her once, ‘so far beyond repair…”
“I wish I could take credit for the poetry, but the fact is, the poetry is mostly from two works…Margaret Atwood’s Morning in the Burned House…and a privately published book by the late Marylyn Plessner.” ― Louise Penny
Louise also credits Leonard Cohen, Stevie Smith, Ralph Hodgson, Mike Freeman, Liz Davidson, Robert Service, and W.H. Auden for poetry quoted in her books.
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Lady Mink: A Sort of Requiem
&
God Be In My Head
by Marylyn Plessner
from Vapour Trails
Three Pines Poetry Sources
Morning in the Burned House
The Essential Leonard Cohen
All the Poems: Stevie Smith
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