Reading Group Guide
A Year of Sundays
Edward D. Webster
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| 1. |
What does the title A Year of Sundays mean to you? Could
the title just as easily have been A Year of Saturdays? Why?
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| 2. |
From the very beginning—the prologue—we know
that this is not an ordinary travel book. What dimensions does Ed Webster
bring to the story of their grand tour that make this an unusual travel
book?
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Marguerite suffered from the physical and emotional repercussions
of perimenopause. Ed found himself on shaky emotional ground, too, and
queried, “…forty-nine-year-old men don’t have menopause.
…Do they?” How would you answer that question in Ed’s
case? What life passages was he going through?
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| 4. |
Travel has its own inherent stresses. What additional stresses did Ed
and Marguerite have or bring to their trip?
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How would you describe each of the Websters? What aspects
of the story support your ideas?
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| 6. |
How important to you as a reader were the different places
Ed, Marguerite, and Felicia traveled? What part did they play in your
enjoyment of the book?
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| 7. |
Did you have a favorite locale from the Websters’ trip?
What made it special?
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| 8. |
Some of Ed’s photographs introduce the different sections
of the book. How do the photographs support the different tones that suffuse
the book?
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What role did Felicia play on the journey? Was it the same
role for both Ed and Marguerite?
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| 10. |
Who were some of your favorite local people whom Ed and Marguerite
met? What is it about them and the episodes involving them that make them
memorable?
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| 11. |
How would you describe Ed and Marguerite’s relationship?
Did it change over the course of their journey?
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