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Chapter 1

Anniston




I thought I’d lived through everything by the time I was thirteen.
Hurricane Frederic nearly wiped the southern part of Alabama off the map that fall, and half of our family’s pecan orchards along with it. Daddy said we were lucky—that the Miller pecan farm down the road lost everything. The Puss ’n Boots Cat Food fac- tory supplied our whole town of Bay Spring with ice and water for nearly a week until the power and phones came back on along the coast of Mobile Bay. Anyone who could hold a hammer or start up a chain saw spent weeks cutting up all the uprooted trees and azaleas, pounding down new shingles, and cleaning up all that God, in His infinite fury, blew through our land. Like most folks who lived along the coast, we’d find a way to build back up—if we ... view entire excerpt...

Discussion Questions

1. Princella and Comfort react to similar pasts in very different ways. What life events and choices may have shaped the way they chose to live their lives? Did any of their behaviors disturb you, or did you feel sympathy toward them? Why or why not?

2. Anniston begins the book by saying she thought she’d lived through everything. How does her view change by the end of the book? Does she grow and mature?

3. In what ways—if any—does Jed’s journey parallel the journeys of Comfort and Princella? How are his reactions to his past different or similar to Comfort’s and Princella’s? How does Jed’s life teach Anni about her aunt and grandmother?

4. As a figure of goodness and truth, Ernestine provides a voice of reason and encouragement in the novel. As a bystander to most of the tragedies and secrets of the Harlan family, what is the primary role of her character in the story? Would you have changed anything about her part in the story?

5. What themes are explored in How Sweet the Sound? What symbols are used to reinforce these themes?

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