Discussion questions for The Year the Colored Sisters Came to Town

Starter questions to get everyone talking:

What did you enjoy about The Year the Colored Sisters Came to Town? What was unpleasant about this book?

What is The Year the Colored Sisters Came to Town about? What does Guidry want the readers to know or understand at the end of her book?

Which characters seemed the most real to you? Which characters seemed the most flat?

Did the author do a good job of writing from the perspective of a ten-year-old girl in Southern rural Louisiana in the 1950s?

How aware are Vivien Leigh and Mavis of the perceived differences between blacks and whites in Ville d’Angelle?

Questions about the characters:

Whose story is this? Is Vivien Leigh merely an observer or is she part of the action?

Compare Hazey and Aussie’s friendship with that of Mavis and Marydale. How do both friendships change?

Why do you think Hazey finds it difficult to recognize Aussie as a “Queen of Thursdayâ€