Book Discussion with the author:  Barbara D’Amato and her book: Death of a Thousand Cuts

Questions (# 1-4 created by Ms. D’Amato)

1)  Why do we so easily take self-styled experts at their own evaluations?

2)  We all make snap judgments of people we meet.  How can we resist getting wedded to them?

3)  We all really believe its okay for people to be different.  Don’t we?

4)  Emily’s family is feckless and uses her time and energy.  Does she own them that?

5)  What locale serves as a trap, puzzle and character in this mystery novel?

6)  Which former student/patient attended the banquet and fell and hit
his head so hard on the floor that he bled?

7)  Which former student/patient is the co-founder of CCCH Systems
in Northbrook, IL???

8)  Who is Polly Kelly?

9)  Who was detective Emily Folkestone’s partner?  Tell something you know about him.

10)  What horrific event happened in Chicago in the summer of 1995,
the time in which this novel is set?

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