Chapters (57)
- Cover
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Prologue
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Eighteen
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-one
- Twenty-two
- Twenty-three
- Twenty-four
- Twenty-five
- Twenty-six
- Twenty-seven
- Twenty-eight
- Twenty-nine
- Thirty
- Thirty-one
- Thirty-two
- Thirty-three
- Thirty-four
- Thirty-five
- Thirty-six
- Thirty-seven
- Thirty-eight
- Thirty-nine
- Forty
- Forty-one
- Forty-two
- Forty-three
- Forty-four
- Forty-five
- AUTHOR’S NOTE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- POPULAR BOOKS FROM THE ERA
- When We Meet Again
- A Conversation with Caroline Beecham about When We Meet Again
- Discussion Guide
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- What’s next onyour reading list?
5. Both Alice and Ursula face immense stigma in society. How does Alice’s status as an unwed mother change the way those in her community treat her? How is Ursula’s sexuality perceived by others?
6. The basis for When We Meet Again was rooted in the author’s own family secret—a relative of hers had an illegitimate child, who was sold to another family. Were you surprised to learn about the history of “baby farmers”? What else surprised you about the history of this time period?
7. Many characters in the novel increasingly rely upon their friendships as their family loyalties are tested. Why do you think these friendships were so powerful? Can you think of a friendship that sustained you when perhaps family did not?
8. Theo is dismayed when he learns of Walter’s disloyalty to his brother, George, but also could himself be considered disloyal based on his broken engagement with Virginia. Do you think Theo made the right decision? Where should his loyalty lie? How are different kinds of loyalty—romantic and familial—contrasted in the book?
9. Is there a “villain” in When We Meet Again? If so, who do you think it is? Why did each of the antagonists make their decisions, and can you empathize with any of them?
10. What do you imagine happens to Alice, Theo and Eadie after the novel’s end?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Caroline Beecham is the author of four historical novels. She studied the craft of novel writing at the Faber Academy in Sydney, with Curtis Brown Creative in London, and has an MA in film and television and an MA in creative writing. She lives in Sydney with her husband and two teenage sons. When We Meet Again is the first of her novels to be published in the United States.
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