Introduction

New York Times bestselling author Barbara Wood's latest novel follows a disinherited English baron and a young New York heiress who marry and move West to build an agricultural empire in Palm Springs in the 1920s when it was just a budding town on the edge of the Mojave Desert. It's a saga about ambition on both large and small scales and the rapidly modernizing world as the harsh, sun-drenched landscape transforms from a Native American haven to the playground of Hollywood's rich and famous.

Land of the Afternoon Sun is also the story of a woman finding her own personality and strength in the West against a breathtaking desert landscape that changes constantly and shows its deadly side in poisonous snakes, flash floods and sand storms, with dramatic moments of forbidden romance, reversals, treachery, betrayal and, ultimately, triumphs.

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Discussion Questions

1) Was Elizabeth prepared to leave home and venture to the West with her new husband? Would you consider her naive, innocent, or was she simply running away? How did she change?

2) What was it about the desert and Palm Springs in particular that made it “home” for the characters in this story?

3) Cody is driven to find Peachy. Is it noble to right your past wrongs? What if you can't?

4) Is ambition a good thing?

5) If you could choose a different title for this book, what would you choose?

6) What character resonated with you the most?

7) Elizabeth bucked society at the time in regards to divorce and contraception. What causes/rights are women fighting for today?

8) Was it fair or right for the white men to take the Native land because they supposedly “weren't doing anything with it?"

9) Elizabeth wanted to conserve the land for future generations to enjoy, and for the good of the environment. The Native Indians believed the land to be sacred. Were the developers stepping on the religious rights of the natives when they decided to develop the land?

10) This story is set in the 1920's. What do you appreciate most about our society today?

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