Abide with Me
A Novel
A small-town bad boy, forged into a man in the fires of Afghanistan, returns home, still burning with a romantic obsession nothing can quench. As the fog lifts one morning, a lone soldier is walking home. Who is he? The sleepy, gossipy town of Hoosick Bridge, Vermont, has forgotten him, but it will soon remember. He is Roy Murphy, returning to face his violent, complicated reputation. Returning to Emma Herrick, descendant of Hoosick Bridge’s first family, who occupies its grandest, now decaying, house: the Heights. Their intense and unlikely adolescent romance provided scandalous gossip for the town. The young lovers escaped Hoosick Bridge, but Emma remained Roy’s obsession long after they parted. Now Roy returns from Afghanistan a changed and extraordinary man who will stop at nothing to obtain a piece of the Herricks’ legacy.
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- Simon & Schuster |
- 384 pages |
- ISBN 9781451667035 |
- March 2013
$11.99 List Price
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Reading Group Guide
This reading group guide for Abide With Me includes an introduction, discussion questions, ideas for enhancing your book club, and a Q&A with author Sabin Willett . The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. We hope that these ideas will enrich your conversation and increase your enjoyment of the book.
Introduction
Introduction Neither the fires of the war in Afghanistan nor the ongoing tragedy of life at the Heights can extinguish the spark ignited between Roy Murphy and Emma Herrick. In spite of their vastly different worlds, they are inextricably connected and unavoidably drawn into a hurricane of fatal attraction that will forever change everyone in its path. Inspired by Wuthering Heights, Abide with Me is an epic love story that will not let you go.
Topics & Questions for Discussion
1. On page 38, the captain tells Roy Murphy: “Murphy, we’re not different. Where it counts, I think we’re the same, you and me.” In what ways are they the same? What qualities do they share? In what ways is this statement a theme throughout the book?
2. Which character do you identify with the most or like the most? What are some of that character’s strengths? How does that character change or grow throughout the story? Is there a fatal flaw?
3. On page 64, Emm see more
Introduction
Introduction Neither the fires of the war in Afghanistan nor the ongoing tragedy of life at the Heights can extinguish the spark ignited between Roy Murphy and Emma Herrick. In spite of their vastly different worlds, they are inextricably connected and unavoidably drawn into a hurricane of fatal attraction that will forever change everyone in its path. Inspired by Wuthering Heights, Abide with Me is an epic love story that will not let you go.
Topics & Questions for Discussion
1. On page 38, the captain tells Roy Murphy: “Murphy, we’re not different. Where it counts, I think we’re the same, you and me.” In what ways are they the same? What qualities do they share? In what ways is this statement a theme throughout the book?
2. Which character do you identify with the most or like the most? What are some of that character’s strengths? How does that character change or grow throughout the story? Is there a fatal flaw?
3. On page 64, Emm see more
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Sabin Willett on the inspiration behind ABIDE WITH ME
Inspired by Wuthering Heights, the story of a small town bad boy forged by the fires of Afghanistan, with a romantic obsession nothing can kill.
Sabin Willett on the inspiration behind ABIDE WITH ME
