BOOK CLUB QUESTIONS: The Herd

December 01, 2022

NOVEMBER 2022

 

Welcome to our book club questions for The Herd by Emily Edwards

 

  1. Do you agree with the statement that there is no competition between friends if they are different?
  2. Elizabeth felt like a failure at both work and as a mum trying to have both. Yet the husbands worked and were parents. Do you think they also felt like failures or expected their wives to take responsibility for the childcare?
  3. If you were in Elizabeth’s position, would you have sent the email to the partygoers?
  4. What are your thoughts on the characters? Are there any you couldn’t have in your friendship group?
  5. Would you have complained about the noise and mess Rosalyn was making in her garden?
  6. What are your thoughts about Ash taking Alba for the vaccinations behind his wife’s back? Would you have forgiven him so quickly?
  7. Did the author give a 50/50 perspective on vaccinations?
  8. Were you surprised by the revelation in court, and did it change your opinion of Elizabeth?
  9. Should both parents have equal responsibility for vaccinating?
  10. Team Elizabeth or Team Bry? Whose side were you on? Is it fair to take sides?

 

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