Events

 For Readers and Writers

Guest Posts–

“Birth Order and the Oldest Daughter Dynamic,” posted on the 4.30.20  blog of Mystery author, Donnell Ann Bell.  (https://donnellannbell.com/birth-order-and-the-oldest-daughter-dynamic/)

 

 

Presentations

“The Fun and Fears of Nonfiction Writing”  November 12, 2019. Writer’s  Idea Factory.  Boulder Community Library, Boulder CO

 

 

 Book Signings

Book Cellar’s “On Main Street” book fair  in Louisville, C0lorado

At Barnes and Noble in Westminster, Colorado

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At the San Luis Obispo, California  Library Book Fair

 

 

 

Book Club Discussions

 

  At “The Happy Hookers” club in Colorado Springs with the author. The discussion followed the book club questions but also included personal stories the members shared.  Several members of the club identified themselves as oldest daughters.

At “Bluestockings,” a book club that has been meeting in the Kansas City area for more than two decades.   The group gathered to  discuss Patricia Schudy’s non-fiction book about family relationships and family relationships. Those attending included a member who is an  oldest daughter and her guest–her own oldest daughter who was visiting from “across the pond.”This book club is one the author belonged to for several years before leaving the Show-Me State for the Rocky Mountains.

Questions for Book Clubs

  1. Who is the  main character in this book?
  2. Is there someone in the book you feel most connected to?
  3. Is there any story teller in the book with whom you  couldn’t identify?
  4. Based on your experience,  is the childhood role of oldest daughters different from their siblings?
  5. If there is a difference, is there one word that defines it?
  6. Based on your experience, are there different family expectations for an oldest daughter in adulthood?
  7. How likely is it for adults to change the roles they grew up with in their families of origin?  (As frequently suggested in the “For Reflection” sections.)
  8. Did you gain any new information or awareness as a result of reading this book?  If so, what difference will it make in your relationship with your family?
  9. How did you feel when you finished reading this book?
  10.  If you are the oldest daughter and oldest child in your family–would your life have been different if you had an older brother?
  11. Would you classify this as a “Feminist” book?

To request the author’s participation at your book club by phone or in person, please send information about the date and location of your meeting, along with your contact information, to patricia@oldestdaughter.com