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Questions Regarding A Dream Across Time -
- How does Jamie's story speak to you about the choices women face in our current world?
- This novel asks the questions, "Where will you be if you dream?" and "Who will you be if you dream?" How would you answer those questions about your life.
- Which character did you identify with the most? Why?
- Which couple's story was your favorite?
- There are lots of minor characters whose stories are touched upon in the novel (Emile, Danielle, Barbara, Brian, Tante Yve). What do they add to the novel? Would you like to see any of their stories explored?
- What attracts Jamie and Andre to one another initially? As the story goes on? What does the attraction say about their situation and their needs.
- Many people live with regret. Does regret influence any characters in this novel both in terms of their long term response to regret and their ability to get past it?
- Did you become attached to characters in the novel? Did they possess traits reminiscent of people you've encountered in your own life?
- This novel touches upon some difficult choices. Would you have liked Jamie better or less if she had made different choices?
- What was your reaction to the choice of a tropical island as the setting for this book?
- In many ways, small islands are like small towns. How is St. Lucia like your hometown or where you live now?
- Is the setting of the novel integral to its narrative? Would it have been just as effective if the novel's backdrop had been different? Are you drawn to novels set in a particular time or place? Elaborate?
- The people in this novel are affected by their island heritage and the travels and adventures of people from their own background. How important is your heritage to you? (ethnic, religious, where you were born, what happened to people who came before you in your family).
- What was your favorite scene in A Dream Across Time?
- Was Andre's reaction to Jamie's pregnancy realistic?
- Discuss any of the themes in the novel that were particularly resonant for you. Were there any motifs, images or symbols through which these themes manifested themselves?
- This novel considers the relationship between the past and present. Have you ever had an experience like Jamie, where some place or someone seemed so familiar?
- What would you identify as some of the major themes in this novel? How do you see them playing out?
- Does humor play a role in this novel?
- What do you think is the function of the scenes with Bertille and Marcus at the sacred rain forest pool?
- What is your reaction to the mystical elements in the novel? How did they enhance or detract from the experience of this story for you?
Questions for A Circle of Dreams -
- Jamie and Andre sailed off into the sunset at the end of A Dream Across Time. Were you surprised that they ran into troubled waters?
- How much could you identify with Jamie’s struggles in A Circle of Dreams?
- How did you feel about the return of Bertille and Marcus in this second book in the Demontagne Saga?
- How realistic did you feel the reaction of Jamie and Andre was to Philippe’s crisis?
- What would you have done if Philippe had been your child?
- Were you surprised at the appearance of Anne-Cecile in A Circle of Dreams?
- What was your favorite scene? Why?
- Did you find the mystical elements disturbing or consistent with the story and setting?
- How would you have reacted to Bertille’s proposal if Philippe had been your child?
- What was your reaction to Yvie? Lissa? Philippe?
- Do you have a child like one of these living at your house?
- It is fascinating to project. What do expect will happen to these children later in life? For Yvie? For Lissa? For Philippe?
- What would you counsel Jamie about what to expect from her children in later years? Who will be most vulnerable? How will they be? Who will be most stable? Feel free to speculate.
Their stories are going to continue.
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