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  1. Dedication
  2. Prologue
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  23. Friday
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  40. Saturday
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  53. Sunday
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  76. One Week Later
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  78. Afterwards
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  80. Acknowledgments
  81. Reading Group Questions
  82. More from Louise Douglas
  83. About the Author
  84. About Boldwood Books
  1. Do you think the story of The Scarlet Dress is driven more by plot, or character? Or is it a combination of both?
  2. Referring to the holiday park staff, Angharad Jones tells Will: ‘We were like one big family.’ How important is the theme of ‘family’ to this book?
  3. The present day action takes place in February, at a time when the town of Severn Sands is fading, but the characters look back to a long, hot summer when the holiday park was in its heyday. Why is this dichotomy relevant to the story?
  4. What does Will Jones have to learn over the course of the action in order to become a more rounded human being?
  5. Why was Denise unable to tell her husband about the untenable situation in which she found herself? Should she have told him the truth earlier? What might have stopped her doing so?
  6. Several of the characters have difficulty communicating what they really need to say. Why is Marnie’s muteness particularly significant?
  7. Alice Lang has been dead for almost a quarter of a century before the story begins. Is she still a valid character in her own right?
  8. Why do you think animals are so important to Marnie?
  9. The inevitability of change is key to this story, yet neither Marnie or Will has been able to move forward since Alice’s disappearance. Why not?
  10. We only see Mr and Mrs Lang through Will and Marnie’s eyes. What do you think of the couple? Could they have done anything differently to help Alice come to terms with her situation?

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