acstrineĭo you adhere to the faith you were raised in? Did you ever experiment with a religion that is out of the mainstream? Has your religious experience changed as you've aged?

For the first time since she was a child in the commune, she belongs to something. I think the approval and acceptance of Paul and Patra is important to her. Linda worries as much about what to eat as she does about what to wear. acstrineĪfter spending all spring with Patra and Paul dressed as usual for the woods and school, why does Linda take such care in her preparations for the trip to Duluth? Her mom sat in the dark sewing or working on other projects that she would not share with Linda. Her father stayed outside in the shed doing his thing. Linda lived in a home with other people, but there was very little interaction among them. Why do you think she keep watching them like this? reeneĪfter she has become a part of Paul and Patra's daily routine, Linda still overstays her welcome some evenings and at one point lingers outside of their house, peering through their windows. In this novel it is important to know how old was Linda when she was pondering. At a certain age we develop a conscience and we follow certain beliefs, knowing the consequences of our action.

What you do is generally the outcome of what you believe. 'What's the difference between what you believe and what you do?' Here are some of the comments posted about History of Wolves. Please be aware that this discussion guide may contain spoilers! As she struggles to find a way out of the sequestered world into which she was born, Linda confronts the life-and-death consequences of the things people do - and fail to do - for the people they love.

Over the course of a few days, Linda makes a set of choices that reverberate throughout her life. It seems that her life finally has purpose but with this new sense of belonging she is also drawn into secrets she doesn't understand. Grierson is charged with possessing child pornography, the implications of his arrest deeply affect Linda as she wrestles with her own fledgling desires and craving to belong.Īnd then the young Gardner family moves in across the lake and Linda finds herself welcomed into their home as a babysitter for their little boy, Paul. Isolated at home and an outlander at school, Linda is drawn to the enigmatic, attractive Lily and new history teacher Mr. Fourteen-year-old Linda lives with her parents in the beautiful, austere woods of northern Minnesota, where their nearly abandoned commune stands as a last vestige of a lost counter-culture world.

History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund