Here are the questions we discussed at the Reading the Western Landscape Book Club at the Arboretum Library of the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden on July 27, 2016: 
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 *	Any confusion we need to clear up with the story? Why? Why not? 
 *	There are a lot of facts in this book? Did you believe them? Why? Why not? If you did what did these many facts add to the story? 
 *	Other than our protagonist, who was your favorite character? Why? Who, not so much? 
 *	Did you believe the refrigerated ship thing? Did it matter whether you believed it? 
 *	What story is the author trying to tell? Why did the author write this book? What did you think about the overheated, desperate search for lost love? 
 *	What about the ending? 
 *	What happened to Miss Rose? Why didn't the author try to reach resolution there? 
 *	What did you learn from Tao Chi'en? 
 *	What is the best part of this book/the worst? 
 *	What did you like/not like about her writing style and the structure of the novel? Why? 
 *	Do you have any questions you would like to ask the group? 
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