My Name Is Resolute (Turner)

Discussion Questions
1. What are the major themes of the story and how are they used in the context of women’s role in any war?

2. How is the beginning of the book mirrored in the ending?

3. Why would Patience hide her suffering from Resolute while they are onboard the ships?

4. With the exception of the actions of fictional characters, what elements of American History did you learn that you had not known before?

5. What use of Resolute’s house do you see for the future?

6. Could you have understood Resolute’s convictions as a woman without knowing her life as a child, assuming the author had made the story begin farther along in her life?

7. Since the history of America is so interwoven with the history of Great Britain in that time, what hints do you find in the story that a separation from the "mother country" was inevitable in the eyes of many Colonials? Why would some have preferred to remain subjects of the Crown?

8. Throughout the novel, Resolute faced dangers, sometimes unaware. Discuss how the different aspects of her life were at risk and how it changed over time.

9. Why would Resolute have sought out the help of Lady Spencer when she had no place to turn?

10. Why do you think Resolute made Cullah return the chairs to the Governor?

11. Without speaking a word about it, Alice became an accomplice to Resolute’s treason. What drew the two women together?

12. What elements of Resolute’s life caused her to be both stubborn and open-minded?
(Questions issued by the publisher.)

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