Book Club Questions

*Inheriting a holiday house sounds amazing, but if it is shared with siblings everyone inherits a multitude of opinions about how best to handle the property. How possible is it for adult siblings to successfully navigate the financial and emotional needs around a shared holiday property?

*Family summer holiday memories are often drenched in a sunlit glow, however a single event can be experienced differently by every family member based on their personality and ordinal position. How did this impact on the Friends?

*In the last five years, there has been an increased awareness of ADHD in the community due to a social media focus. Seeking a formal diagnosis is healthy, however, online marketing has also spawned an industry around ADHD that is not always in the best interests of the patient, including telehealth clinics. What are the positive and negatives around online health information?

*When Julia was struggling with bi-polar disorder in the 1990s, it was kept a secret. Do you think that mental illness still carries this stigma today compared with other illnesses?

*With access to DNA testing, family secrets are being aired with greater frequency than in the past. Do you know anyone this has happened to? How well was it managed? Did it result in legal action?

*Would you be prepared to do a DNA test and have your data on a database?

*For better or worse, how much do we learn about being in a relationship from our parents?

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