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Discussion Guide
The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne
By Ron Currie
These book club questions are from the publisher, Random House Books. A full book club kit can be found here.
Book club questions for The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne by Ron Currie
Use these discussion questions to guide your next book club meeting.
How might The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionnehave felt different if it were told in the first person from Babs’or Lori’s perspectives? What might you have learnedfrom hearing from these voices directly?
What role does fate play in The Savage, Noble Death of BabsDionne? Do you think the characters are doomed from the start?
Is violence sometimes necessary? Is it inevitable?What do you think Babs, Lori, or The Man would say?
Which was your favorite scene in the book, and why?
How about your favorite line or paragraph?
Did your opinion of any of the characters change fromthe beginning of the book to the end?
Did you guess any of the book’s revelations as you were reading?Which ones surprised you the most?
How do you think Lori’s life would be different, if shehad never gone to Afghanistan?
What do you think this book is trying to say about what itmeans to belong to a country, a community, a family?
Were you surprised by the novel’s ending?
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