A Stitch In Time – Book Group Questions
- Was Clara right to feel so much responsibility for her family?
- Is it easier now for a family on the bread-line to work their way out of poverty than it was in the 1800s?
- Has freely available education made it easier for children to progress despite their backgrounds?
- Could Clara have done anything differently?
- What have we lost by the reduction in importance of Sunday Schools?
- How can we prevent children who are in some way different from being bullied?
- Is enough done to protect women from domestic abuse?
- Should more have been expected of Martha and Hannah?
- Which character did you most identify with and why?
- Are we at risk of losing the rights and the greater equality that has been so hard won?
