Introduction

After David Herron takes his life in the wake of the bursting lending bubble of 2008, those left behind—his wife and daughter, the detective who investigated the suicide, and the banker who called in the loan—learn, as they struggle to remake their worlds, that there is power in forgiveness and unlimited possibility in the unknown.

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Jules Herron stepped out of her tub onto the looped cotton rug and reached for a bath towel. The morning’s shower had been brief, taken as much to wake her up as it was to wash. Her long soak would come later in the day, after her shift at the bakery, when she really needed it. She had long ago accepted the lot of the baker: reeking of browned butter and sugar. The same homey aromas that customers breathed in deeply and exclaimed over once they crossed the threshold of the bakery weren’t as pleasant to the person trapped in the small, hot kitchen day after day. Cooking and baking smells settled into a baker’s hair, her skin, and got trapped in the woven fibers of cotton T-shirts and aprons. Twice a year, every piece of her work wardrobe had to be tossed and exchanged for new. ... view entire excerpt...

Discussion Questions

1. How does this book treat the subject of family? In this novel, what makes a family?

2. Jules believes in quality products; David believed in sacrificing quality for business reasons. Is there a constant battle in contemporary America between quality and profits?

3. Do you think the kids in this novel are okay? Will they be okay?

4. What allows Jules to move on? Could she have done so without the money she received?

5. Is this novel about forgiveness of others? Ourselves? Is it about mercy?

6. What do you think will happen to all the characters now?

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