Discussion Questions
What creatively rude nickname would you write on Cal’s cup if you were Mindy?
Annie originally vexes Cal by seeing non-mint antiques as opportunities for creative reuse rather than items that should be carefully restored to their original state.
Do you personally align more with Annie’s philosophy or Cal’s?
Do you own anything that has been transformed into something other than what it was originally?
If you owned a shop, what would it sell, and what would it be called?
Do you think there is a relationship between Cal’s grief and his feelings of indebtedness to his late mentor? Does it change over the course of the story?
What motivated Ora to travel to Catoctin to look for the mystery bird? Do you think she made the right decision, or should she have stayed in DC to complete the important cataloging project?
If you were Ora, would you have forgiven John?
Can you think of any more celebrity goose pun names?
Annie is trying to be more fully herself after years of masking to better fit the role she thought she needed to play to be wanted. In what ways have you become more yourself as you’ve gotten older, and how does it feel?
Why did Guy believe he was acting in Ora’s best interests? Is men deciding what is best for women an early twentieth-century relic or something we’re still seeing today?
Which date night would you choose: being stuck in a single room of a suburban mansion, seeing a Mother Goose–themed burlesque show, or being a photographer’s model in a warehouse full of mannequins?