"The Newlyweds" by Nell Freudenberger - Book Club Discussion Questions
The Newlyweds by Nell Freudenberger is a literary novel that was released in May 2012. Use these book club discussion questions to lead your group deeper into the story.
Spoiler Warning: These book club discussion questions contain important details about The Newlyweds by Nell Freudenberger. Finish the book before reading on.
- What were your expectations regarding the book's feel? Were you surprised by what it turned out to be?
- What's your take on whether there was any passion or feeling in George and Amina's marriage? What did you think of their relationship? Was it all practical - was each person mostly thinking of what they could ultimately get out of it? - or were there genuine romantic feelings present?
- What do think about Amina's reaction to the secret she unearthed regarding George and Kim? In your opinion, did Amina have grounds to be upset? Did she deal with her feelings in an appropriate way or was she making George pay to an unreasonable extent?
- What's your opinion on the character of Kim? Nasir? George? Amina? Did you have a favorite and least favorite character?
- Were you more interested in the parts of the novel that happened in America or in Bangladesh? Why?
- In the end, do you think Amina made the right choice or do you think she should have stayed with Nasir? Did she even have that choice? Would Nasir have had her?
- What was the significance of the red cardinal that she gave Nasir?
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