Book of The Month discussion

“The farmer is dead. He is dead, and all anyone wants to know is who killed him.”

Beth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married, but their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth’s brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep, Beth doesn’t realize that the gunshot will alter the course of their lives. For the dog belonged to none other than Gabriel Wolfe, the man Beth loved as a teenager—the man who broke her heart years ago. Gabriel has returned to the village with his young son Leo, a boy who reminds Beth very much of her own son, who died in a tragic accident.

As Beth is pulled back into Gabriel’s life, tensions around the village rise and dangerous secrets and jealousies from the past resurface, this time with deadly consequences. Beth is forced to make a choice between the woman she once was, and the woman she has become.

A sweeping love story with the pace and twists of a thriller, Broken Country is a novel of simmering passion, impossible choices, and explosive consequences that toggles between the past and present to explore the far-reaching legacy of first love.

Part 1 / 105 pages

(view spoiler)[Really good start. I'm instantly drawn in.

I like Beth and her quiet life with Frank.

but I'm a little worried - I wonder if Bobby was actually Gabriel's biological son and Frank was raising him. I wonder if that's why she's telling Leo about him - because they were half brothers. But maybe I'm wrong.

and yeah, Gabriel was a selfish silly boy but it did seem like the mom was going to be a problem their whole relationship. and you have to wonder if Beth would have liked the life Gabriel lives now or if she would love the life she and Frank have more.

I wonder what happened to Bobby.

and I wonder if the trial is not what it seems. She keeps saying its the phrasing they've memorized and the words they've agreed on. I wonder what its about (hide spoiler)]

This one was beautiful and a really fast read

done

(view spoiler)[ I agree, this one was just beautiful. After part 2, it was a really fast pace and a fast read - I flew right through it.

I was sad Jimmy was the one who died but he really did seem like he was running off the rails.

I thought Bobby might have been Gabriel's and I knew Frank would raise him and love him like his own.

I'm so glad that they had another baby. I was worried that AGAIN this baby would be Gabriel's and not Frank's.
I love that Leo still visited Frank. Frank just felt so guilty. Frank was such an amazing husband and man. What a wonderfully heartbreaking story. I found it so hard to read about her cheating on Frank (hide spoiler)]