We had a lively discussion about this book and found the author interview and newspaper article (both posted previously) very informative.
Clearly, I am the most bloodthirsty of the lot because I was "happy" with the Esme's act at the end. Others were not quite so sanguine about the outcome.
Did you think that Esme was justified? Did Esme realize her sister's part in her confinement only at the end?
How does Iris play into all of this? Is she the modern-day Esme (unfettered by old-fashioned convention) as the author suggests?
Would you recommend this book to someone? I certainly did.
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One of the things that we kept talking about was the social restrictions placed on women and the fact that Esme ( in out modern context) seemed to be simply a lively girl not the "problem" her mother imagined her to be.
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