BOOK CLUB QUESTIONS

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Too Good a Girl:

 REMEMBERING OLENE EMBERTON AND THE MYSTERY OF HER DEATH

1. What surprised you about the community’s reaction to the shock of an unsolved murder?
   
   
2. What do you think of the way the story integrates elements of true crime, oral history, and memoir?
   
   
3. Which person in the story did you find most compelling? 
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4. Why do you suppose so many people in the victim’s town blamed her for what happened to her? 
   
   
5. Why do you think the community still clings to rumors about a cover-up and conspiracy concerning the Emberton case? 
   
   
6. How does “Too Good a Girl” compare to other true crime books you’ve read?
    
7. Which scenes or chapters did you find most interesting? 
   
   
8. Although the author has her own theory as to what happened and “whodunit,” did she successfully allow readers to make up their own mind?
   
   
9. Which parts of the book stood out for you?
   
   
10. What did this book teach you?