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A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK

“Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall is an unforgettable story of love, loss, and the choices that shape our lives…but it’s also a masterfully crafted mystery that will keep you guessing until the very last page. Seriously, that ending?! I did not see it coming.” —Reese Witherspoon

“Stirring and mysterious…fires directly at the human heart and hits the mark.” —Delia Owens, New York Times bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing

A love triangle unearths dangerous, deadly secrets from the past in this thrilling tale perfect for fans of The Paper Palace and Where the Crawdads Sing.

“The farmer is dead. He is dead, and all anyone wants to know is who killed him.”

Beth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married, but their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth’s brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep, Beth doesn’t realize that the gunshot will alter the course of their lives. For the dog belonged to none other than Gabriel Wolfe, the man Beth loved as a teenager—the man who broke her heart years ago. Gabriel has returned to the village with his young son Leo, a boy who reminds Beth very much of her own son, who died in a tragic accident.

As Beth is pulled back into Gabriel’s life, tensions around the village rise and dangerous secrets and jealousies from the past resurface, this time with deadly consequences. Beth is forced to make a choice between the woman she once was, and the woman she has become.

A sweeping love story with the pace and twists of a thriller, Broken Country is a novel of simmering passion, impossible choices, and explosive consequences that toggles between the past and present to explore the far-reaching legacy of first love.

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1. Do you think the title of the book accurately sums up all that happens? Would you have named it something different?

2. What did you think of the narrative device of not knowing who was on trial and who was killed? Would the book have been as intriguing if it had been structured another way?

3. What would have happened to Gabe and Beth if she hadn’t read his diary?

4. What did you think of Gabe’s response to Tess’s behavior towards Beth – both when it was happening in front of him and after when she was upset?

5. Why did Beth go along with keeping her pregnancy a secret? Was that the right choice?

6. Why did no one want to talk to Beth about her deceased son?
Was that the right way for the town to handle her grief?

7. Do you think Beth was subconsciously talking to Leo about Bobby because they were brothers?

8. Did Beth want to tell Gabe about Bobby because she missed talking about him or because she wanted him to know his son?
9. After what happened to Bobby, did it change your feelings about Grace’s infidelity?

10. Beth came back after Bobby died for Jimmy, but Jimmy never got the help he needed for his mental health. Why did everyone ignore the obvious signs of his drinking problem?

11. Do you believe in true love? If so, who was Beth’s?
12. Each of the main characters was broken in their own way, did it excuse their behavior?

13. Did you have a favorite main character?

14. Why was it important that this book be set in the 1960s? If it had been set in present day, would it have changed the book?

15. Should Frank have lied for Leo?

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