How does Gabriel’s return challenge Beth’s perception of her own life choices? Did you find Beth’s internal struggle between her past self and the woman she has become relatable?

Book Clubs Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall Discussion
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How does Gabriel’s return challenge Beth’s perception of her own life choices? Did you find Beth’s internal struggle between her past self and the woman she has become relatable?

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I am often reflecting on the choices I’ve made over the years, so it seems a normal move for Beth to be rethinking her decisions. The choices for her are very different: a farmer’s wife in a small town or a poet in a more sophisticated world.

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I didn’t really find her struggle relatable, except in the fictional sense.

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Agree! She didn’t appear to struggle when Gabriel desired her again.

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I so agree, was her struggle relatable or not. She was very self centered individual. I don’t think she had it in her to reflect on how it would affect both Frank and Gabriel. We all reflect on our choices as we age. So for Beth to rethink her decisions was not unusual in my mind. I also think we tend to embellish them upon deep refection. Perhaps making them more “romantic,” if that’s the word I am looking for, in nature.

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I doubt that there are many among us who does not wonder about the road not taken and “what if” this had or had not happened? Beth had a great love and the interference of Gabriel’s mother completely changed the trajectory of her life. It is amazing that she was not an angrier woman.