Book clubs and reading groups

Read the story. Stay for the questions.

Name: Cut Flowers
Price: 6.99 GBP
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780956975157

This spoiler-free guide is for adult groups, family reading, libraries and educational discussions. It centres character, loyalty, power and choice rather than asking anyone to disclose personal experience.

Pick a conversation card

Let the story choose the next question.

Use one card at a time. Anyone may pass, and nobody needs to discuss personal experience.

Card 1 of 6

When does concern become a responsibility to act?

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The complete discussion list

Use these questions in order or let the group choose. No participant needs to answer every question.

When does concern become a responsibility to act?

How do friendship and music give Katie and Sophia confidence?

What does the novel suggest about silence within families?

How can loyalty protect someone, and when can it place them at risk?

Why might fiction open a conversation that factual material cannot?

Which character’s choices stayed with you, and why?

Discuss with care

Keep the conversation thoughtful and voluntary.

Agree that participants may pass on any question. Discuss the characters rather than personal histories, avoid assumptions about faith or culture, and share an appropriate support route before the session ends.

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