The Starling House
Cut along the dashed lines and pass the cards around the table.
Where were you when you did your coziest reading of this book, and did the setting match the story's mood?
When Opal first steps into Starling House, what feeling did the place stir in you, dread, comfort, curiosity, or something softer?
The book is full of ideas about what makes a place feel like home. What is a house or room from your own life that felt the way Starling House feels to you?
Opal's love for her brother anchors the whole story. Whose care in your life would you go to any length to protect, the way she does?
Eden, Kentucky carries a heavy, buried history under its everyday surface. Did the town remind you of any place you've known that hides more than it shows?
Which quiet, tender moment in the story comforted you most, and why did it stay with you?
By the last pages, Opal's sense of what she deserves has shifted. Without giving anything away, when in your own life has someone or somewhere helped you believe you deserved more?
The story suggests old wounds, personal and communal, can be tended rather than ignored. Speaking gently and spoiler-free, what did the book leave you feeling about facing the past?