Roughing It in the Bush cover

Roughing It in the Bush

by Susanna Moodie

Presents a collection of twelve essays by a number of leading Canadian writers and scholars who critically examine Susanna Moodie's classic work "Roughing it in the Bush," which recounts the years the family spent pioneering in the Canadian backwoods during the early 1800s.

Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  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?