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Discussion Guide
Parker's Choice
Hiding from his troubled past in Atlanta, Parker can’t escape his enemies. His former business partner blackmails him and when she’s killed, Parker becomes the chief suspect, but he fears his wife did it. His boss coerces him to commit fraud, but he and his clever colleague, Sabrina, uncover evidence that his elusive birth father is involved in the scheme and then Parker’s innate moral code faces an impossible challenge.
Book club questions for Parker's Choice by Mike Nemeth
Use these discussion questions to guide your next book club meeting.
Our personal moral code is a mixture of values and beliefs from many sources; it affects the choices we make, and thus our life’s path. Do you agree with that assessment? Where do you see examples of it in the story? What choices do Parker and other characters make that prove or disprove the validity of personal moral codes?
Parker’s Choice separates various forms of morality from each other. How many different forms of morality can you identify in the story? Which characters symbolize which forms of morality? (Hint: there are four for sure!)
Is the practice of outsourcing American jobs to foreign countries immoral on some level, or do we have to be good citizens in the larger context of a global community? Do corporations owe their employees loyalty? Or can corporations seek profits as the key tenet of a free market system? Why?
The story implies that the decline, or influence, of organized religions is at least partly to blame for the decay of morality in today’s world. Would you agree with that sentiment?
The story exposes conflicting attitudes about the question of racial equality. Does Parker excuse racism? Or does he attempt to find the reason for the lack of progress in racial equality? Is Sabrina numb to the question? Or has she found a way to cope personally?
Parker wants to learn the identity of his birth father to complete his definition of his “identity”. Would you agree with his mother that Parker’s identity isn’t dependent upon knowing his birth father, or do you sympathize with Parker’s need to know his birth father despite having received good step-parenting?
A key element of any story is redemption. Do you think Parker has redeemed himself? Why or why not?
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