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    This document provides 7 discussion questions about the novel "Life Is Short But Wide" that focus on hardships faced by characters, differences between two sisters, the choice of narrator, how one character complicates the story, levels of sympathy for different characters, the meaning of the title, and life lessons conveyed in the novel. The questions guide analysis of themes, characters, and messages in the multi-generational family saga.

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    This document provides 7 discussion questions about the novel "Life Is Short But Wide" that focus on hardships faced by characters, differences between two sisters, the choice of narrator, how one character complicates the story, levels of sympathy for different characters, the meaning of the title, and life lessons conveyed in the novel. The questions guide analysis of themes, characters, and messages in the multi-generational family saga.

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    This document provides 7 discussion questions about the novel "Life Is Short But Wide" that focus on hardships faced by characters, differences between two sisters, the choice of narrator, how one character complicates the story, levels of sympathy for different characters, the meaning of the title, and life lessons conveyed in the novel. The questions guide analysis of themes, characters, and messages in the multi-generational family saga.

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    Discussion Questions For Life Is Short But

    Wide
    1. Talk about the hardships encountered by the two couples: Val and Irene, and
    Bertha and Joseph.

    2. How do the the two sisters, Tante and Rose, differ? Which sister do you most
    admire?

    3. Why does Cooper choose 91-year-old Hattie to narrate the story? What does she
    bring to the narrative?

    4. How does Herman Tenderman's return complicate the events of the story?

    5. Which characters in this multi-generational saga do you sympathize with


    most...and least?

    6. What is the significance of the novel's title?

    7. Ultimately, what lessons in life do characters learn? What are the messages that
    Cooper works to convey in her novel?

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