Good Half Gone

"The ending shattered me in a way only Tarryn Fisher can!” —Colleen Hoover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Never Never

Iris Walsh saw her twin sister, Piper, get kidnapped--so why does no one believe her?

Iris narrowly escaped her pretty, popular twin sister's fate as a teen: kidnapped, trafficked and long gone before the cops agreed to investigate. With no evidence to go on but a few scattered memories, the case quickly goes cold.

Now an adult, Iris wants one thing--proof. And if the police still won't help, she'll just have to find it her own way; by interning at the isolated Shoal Island Hospital for the criminally insane, where secrets lurk in the shadows and are kept under lock and key. But Iris soon realizes that something even more sinister is simmering beneath the surface of the Shoal, and that the patients aren't the only ones being observed...

Looking for more captivating reads by Tarryn Fisher? Don't miss:

Never Never
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This discussion guide was shared and sponsored in partnership with Graydon House.

Warning: contains spoilers!

Book club questions for Good Half Gone by Tarryn Fisher

Use these discussion questions to guide your next book club meeting.

Of the two timelines in the story—young Iris and adult Iris—which drew you in more? Did you connect with one more than the other?

Sisters can have such complicated relationships, and twins are known for sharing a deep, unspoken bond. How did you feel about Piper and Iris’ relationship as teenagers? Do you think they would have become better friends as adults?

Between her search for Piper, raising Cal, and caring for her grandmother, Iris has a lot on her plate. How do you feel about where her search for Piper leads her, considering that she has a son waiting for her at home?

Dr. Grayson is enigmatic, alluring, and charismatic. Did you ever consider that he might not be who he seems to be on the surface?

How did you feel about the patients and staff at The Shoal? Which characters did you consider to be involved in Piper’s disappearance and the strange goings-on?

The Shoal is as much a character as the people within it. How does the remote hospital setting add to the atmosphere of Good Half Gone?

Modern technology connects us, but it doesn’t always work on the island. Do you think things would have gone differently if Iris had a working cell phone at The Shoal? How?

Memories aren’t always perfect recollections. Are Iris’ memories of her and her seemingly perfect twin biased? Why or why not?

Discuss what really happened to Piper when she disappeared. Did you think that Piper might still be out there somewhere? Did you guess what had happened to her?

At the end of the novel, there are many victims left in Jude’s wake. Who suffered the most because of him, and why? Do you think his punishment was enough?

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