20. At the end of the novel, Jane feels that Birch Grove is her home. Why does she feel this way? Do you think she is correct? How does this impact the choices she will make? What advice might you want to give Jane about her future?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Marta Acosta was born in the San Francisco Bay Area. As the only daughter in a family of boys, she sought sisterly companionship in books.
She is a graduate of Stanford University, where she studied creative writing and literature. Her feature articles and commentary have appeared frequently in the San Francisco Chronicle and the Contra Costa Newspapers. She is a Steinbeck Institute honoree, a University of California Latino Literary Contest winner, and her debut novel, Happy Hour at Casa Dracula, was named a Book Sense Pick by independent booksellers. Dark Companion is her sixth novel.
Marta lives in a fog belt near Berkeley with her family and rescued dogs, Bosco and Betty.
Visit her online at www.martaacosta.com.
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
DARK COMPANION
Copyright © 2012 by Marta Acosta
Reader’s Guide copyright © 2012 by Tor Books
All rights reserved.
Grateful acknowledgment is made to Paulette Jiles for the use of her poem “Paper Matches.”
Cover photograph © Yolande de Kort / Trevillion Images
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ISBN 978-0-7653-2964-6 (hardcover)
ISBN 9781429988292 (e-book)
First Edition: July 2012