Juniper (French)

Discussion Questions
We'll add publisher questions if and when they're available; in the meantime, use these LitLovers talking points to start a discussion for Juniper...then take off on your own:

1. Talk about the serious, often permanent, risks of keeping extremely premature babies alive. What would you have done in the French's case?

2. In their book, the couple discusses the enormous cost of keeping Juniper alive, funds that might have provided health care to many other children. What are your thoughts on this ethical dilemma?

3. Was this child perhaps more precious because of the couple's age and their previous but failed attempts to have a child?

4. What have you learned about the field neonatal care that you were unaware of before reading Juniper?

5. We know the end of the story (the photograph on the cover says it all). Still, did you find the roller coaster story suspenseful? Which parts did you find most harrowing? Which parts brought a lump to your throat or tears to your eyes? Which parts were hopeful...and especially joyful?

7. During your book club meeting, conisder listening to Radio Lab's segment on Juniper and Frenches. The episode is entitled "23 Weeks 6 Days."

(Questions by LitLovers, Please feel free to use them, online or off, with attribution. Thanks.)

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