The Stone Angel | Topics for Discussion

1. What was the actual life expectancy for people born the year that the character Hagar was born in this novel? What factors influence life expectancy? Based on her longevity, what can you infer about Hagar's lifestyle?

2. Was it a reasonable fate for the author to have Hagar live with her grown son and his wife after Hagar retired? Were such living arrangements usual or unusual in Canadian and North American families?

3. Colognes and perfumes are used casually today by many women, and some men. In Biblical times, expensive scents were used to anoint the dead. Can you...

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