A Scandalous Secret (30 page)
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Authors: Jaishree Misra
Read on for reading group questions â¦
- Is it possible to sympathize with Neha's decision to give up her baby?
- And what of the moral dilemma she faces later when Sonya reappears in her life as an adult?
- How do readers' feelings for Neha develop over the course of the book?
- Does Neha's wealth alienate her from the reader? As Estella points out to Sonya, would Neha's decisions have seemed more forgivable had she not been so wealthy?
- What do you think really motivates Sonya to go in search of her birth mother?
- Do you empathize with this decision?
- Consider Neha and Sonya's characters. Do they have more in common than either are willing to first acknowledge?
- Sharat is one of the more straightforwardly sympathetic characters in the book; does this affect his credibility?
- Is it possible to understand Keshav's motivation in the blackmail plot? Explore Sonya's remarks about morality playing out differently in the light of a person's financial circumstances.
- Do Richard and Laura's initial resistance to Sonya wanting to find her birth mother feel like a natural response?
Jaishree Misra is one of India's best-selling novelists, this being her seventh work of fiction. She completed an MA in English Literature from Kerala University before moving to England to study Special Education at the University of London. She has worked in special needs, child-care, radio journalism and as a film examiner at the British Board of Film Classification. In 2009, she moved to New Delhi, where she is helping develop a residential community for adults with learning disabilities.
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A SCANDALOUS SECRET
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ISBN-13: 978-1-84756-186-2
EPub Edition © APRIL 2011 ISBN: 978-0-00-744320-8
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