Blue jasmine cover

Blue jasmine

by Violet Winspear

'When you are grown up,' Lorna's father had told her, 'we'll travel the world together.' It was a dream to which she had clung all through their years apart, but it had not been meant to come true. Now she had come alone to the Oasis of Fadna, a sort of pilgrimage to the place her father had loved. When a friend warned her of the risks she ran, Lorna scoffed, 'You can't alarm me with tales of ardent Arabs who carry off girls to their harems. I now the Bedouin prefer their own kind of women…' But Lorna was to find that she was wrong!

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Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?