Jasper Fforde
Three separate interviews in which Jasper Fforde discusses the Thursday Next series, his Nursery Crime novels and Shades of Grey, the first in a trilogy set in a future world recognizable as our own - but only just.
Abraham Verghese
An interview with Abraham Verghese about his life and writing and in particular about his extraordinary 2009 novel Cutting for Stone, set in 1960s and '70s Ethiopia and 1980s New York.
Martha A Sandweiss
An interview with Martha Sandweiss in which she discusses her book Passing Strange, a biography of Clarence King who lived a double life—as the celebrated white explorer, geologist, and writer Clarence King and as a black Pullman porter named James Todd, married to Ada with whom he had five children.
Amy Greene
Amy Greene talks about her first novel, Bloodroot, which brings her native Appalachia—and the faith and fury of its people—to rich and vivid life.
Heart in the Right Place by Carolyn Jourdan: Questions, plus a reading group guide, with links to reviews, excerpt, author interview and author biography at BookBrowse.com.
Heart in the Right Place A Memoir
by
Carolyn Jourdan
Hardcover: May 2007,
304 pages.
Paperback: Aug 2008,
304 pages.
Caution! It is likely that the following questions will reveal, or at least allude to, key plot details. Therefore, if you haven’t yet read this book, but are planning on doing so, you may wish to proceed with caution to avoid spoiling your later enjoyment.
Reading Group Guide
Public Service Quiz
What is of greater service to the American people:
Riding on a nuclear submarine, pretending to sink ships and wipe out
major cities by firing torpedoes and intercontinental ballistic missiles?
Wiping up barf when you're the only person with access to the paper
towels and mop.
Riding in a Lear jet
Watching rich people try to ride a horse
Getting on C-Span wearing really expensive clothes
Standing in your yard wearing $19 scrubs and petting your dog
First Aid Quiz
What do you do when someone is electrocuted in an isolated area and one
of you just sharpened your pocket knife?
How do you remove a cast if it's getting on your nerves?
What happens if you sew yourself up with embroidery thread?
a. Should you wash the cut before sewing it up?
What is the correct tool to use to remove a splinter?
What do you do for a severed jugular vein?
What do you do if four enemas do not seem to be working?
Medicare Coverage Quiz
Does Medicare cover guillotine-related claims?
a. List one possible post-legal-execution-by-beheading claim.
Does Medicare cover spacecraft accident-related claims?
a. Does Medicare cover claims related to spacecraft launching pad accidents?
b. Does Medicare cover claims related to weightlessness aboard spacecraft?
Does Medicare cover
a. "Spoiled Child"
b. "Spring Fever"
c. "Quarrelsomeness"
d. "Clumsiness"
e. "Double Whammy"
Does Medicare have provisions for "stubbed toe"?
Does Medicare have provisions for "sore finger"?
Test Your Knowledge of Smoky Mountain Dialect
What is "worshing out feet"?
What is an "escape goat"?
What is "the punies."
Extra Bonus Question: Who had the punies?
General Questions
What type of animal was named "Forrest Gump"?
Why pour ice water into a sick person's ear?
If a sick person is chatting with you, should you ask them before
terminating their life support?
Unless otherwise stated, this discussion guide is reprinted with the permission of Algonquin Books.
Any page references refer to a USA edition of the book, usually the trade paperback version, and may vary in other editions.
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