IN AN INSTANT BY SUZANNE REDFEARN CBC

“As far as people remembering it different,” Burns goes on, “everyone deals
with traumatic events in their own way, and sometimes it’s not really lying
when they tell it different than it was so much as remembering in a way that
allows them to live with it a little easier.”

1 Who is … ?

a Burns Text f Mo
b Joyce g Natalie
c Eric h Oz
d Karen i Uncle Bob
e Kyle j Vance

2 Do you have children? If so, how often have you entrusted them to someone else?
Have you ever considered the possibility of something catastrophic happening, and if
that person were faced with the dire choice, whether your children would be taken
care of?

3 Do you think Ann was a good mother? How do you feel about her relationship with
Oz? Do you sympathise with her?

4 Chloe followed Vance into the storm, and when she couldn’t go on, he left her. Do
you think he would make a different choice if placed in a similar situation now?

5 Ann gave Finn’s boots to Mo instead of Natalie. Why do you think she made that
choice? How would you feel if your best friend did what Ann did – choose someone
else’s child over yours?

6 Kyle fell, and Ann made the split-second decision to release the scarf that held him
so she wouldn’t be pulled over the edge. How do you feel about the choice she made?

7 No one bothered to ask Kyle if he was okay. How much obligation do we have to a
stranger?

8 How do you feel about Bob? In your opinion, did he cross a criminal line?

Cabbages Book Club Nina Dearle