Reading Group Guide

Reading Group Guide

Dear reader, Thank you so much for joining me on Rhys's journey. I hope you loved the read. As a token of my appreciation, I have put together these questions to spur discussion. If you have a bookclub, please feel free to contact me as I would be delighted to attend your meeting via Skype and discuss ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH with you.

--Meghan Holloway

Author Insight: The meaning of

Rhys's wife's name, Aelwyd, is

hearth.

Question 1

Home is a strong undercurrent in the story, and each character expresses the bond they feel with home. Do you think where we come from plays a

role in molding the person we become? Rhys and Henri both identify home as a specific place,

but do you think it is always a location? Or can home be something more?

Question 2

The story was told through three perspectives. Did you feel like this format worked well for the story? Did you learn something about the characters through

another's perspective? What did the flashbacks tell you about of Rhys's character

and his relationship with his son?

Author Insight: Owain's last letter to his father is dated the same day as the story begins.

Question 3

Owain's story takes place largely off-page, but his presence is keenly felt throughout the story. Through Rhys's flashbacks, you see him grow from boyhood to

adulthood. How does his involvement in the war shape his character? Owain's epigraphical letters give a timeline of the events of occupied Paris. Did these

letters add meaning to the read for you, both in terms of the history and the character?

Question 4

Do you agree with Owain when he says "Sometimes violence is necessary. It is simply a

matter of finding what you believe is worth defending."? Do you think that if he had not become involved with saving children, if he did not have a family of his own, he would still have that opinion? Is Owain still true to his moral

beliefs at the end of the story?

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