Introduction

“A powerful and thought-provoking story that is impossible to put down.” ?Kristin Hannah, New York Times bestselling author of The Four Winds and The Nightingale

A reformist teacher. A dangerous student clique. A powerful novel about secrets and redemption set in the shadows of McCarthy-era America.

Rosemary Chivers is haunted by the choices she made as a teenager?and by those made for her by a controlling mother. Now, in the Cold War era of conformity and suspicion, Rosemary is a modern new teacher at a school for troubled girls, where she challenges the narrow curriculum meant to tame restless young minds. She also keeps a devastating secret. She knows one of the students is the child she gave up. But which one?

Ignoring warnings, Rosemary forms an impenetrable bond with the three girls who are the right age: shrewd runaway Maisie, alcohol-indulging Sandra, and overly flirtatious Jean. But these are no ordinary girls, and what begins as an effort to bring closure to her own rebellious youth soon spirals dangerously out of control.

Rosemary is prepared to do anything to find her daughter. What she isn’t prepared for are the deadly consequences that come with discovery?or just how wicked wayward girls can be.

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Discussion Questions

From the author:

1) Rosemary has very modern ideas about the curriculum she should be teaching. How do her thoughts and frustrations about teaching Sexual Education to students resonate with today? How do the consequences of such actions and the fears of teaching such knowledge parallel today's fears and consequences?

2) What does A Dangerous Education tell you about the female experience in the 1950s, and do you believe it has any bearing on the female experience today? Do you believe there are similarities or parallels?

3) How does the Quantum theory of Entanglement, or Einstein's Spooky Action at a Distance, play into the novel and how do you think it might play into real-life interactions between mothers and their children?

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