describes “the stained-glass window made after the Great War, showing bright young soldiers walking forward. It was the only map in existence that showed the village of Three Pines.” What does this passage-and the concept of home-mean to you?Ĩ. Someone had placed a tiny dot south of Montreal….Written there, in a small perfect hand, was one word. On page 200, “Chief Inspector Gamache walked over to one of the maps of Québec tacked to a wall. On page 124, we are told that the birth “was a miracle, but it was also a mess.” What else, in the novel and in life, can be described in that way?ħ. On her website, Louise says, “If you take only one thing away from any of my books I'd like it to be this: Goodness exists.” How is goodness manifested in this book? What about evil?Ħ. How do you view the relationship between Gamache and Beauvoir throughout the book? What do you ultimately think of both men?ĥ. What do you make of that life? How about Audrey Villeneuve's?Ĥ. We meet Constance Ouellet only briefly, at the start of this novel, yet by the end we understand a great deal about her life. The title is taken from a verse in Leonard Cohen's “Anthem.” What meaning do the lyrics have in the story-and perhaps in your own experience?ģ. How do you view that character and that role?Ģ. Louise Penny has said that Three Pines isn't just the setting for How the Light Gets In it is a main character and plays a pivotal role.
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