READERS GUIDE

Reader’s Guide
The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston
Discussion Questions:


1. Feeling stuck in one place, emotionally, or physically, is one of the main themes of the story. Have you ever felt stuck in a moment of your life? How did you move forward?

2. Harrie collects untranslatable words, with meanings that can’t be expressed more precisely in another language. What was your favorite untranslatable word in the book? Is there another untranslatable word that you love?

3. The Someday Garden puts Cyrus and Sophie’s relationship out of order, so Sophie already loves Cyrus when, to him, they meet for the first time. Do you ever wish you could re-do someone’s first impression of you, now that you know them?

4. In the hedges of Lilymoor, it’s said that one can hear the voice of their truest love. Sophie hears the voice of her best friend, Harriett. If you had a magical hedge maze, who do you think you’d hear?

5. What would your secret garden look like? Would it be a traditional garden, or a different kind of space close to your heart?

6. Sophie seeks her late best friend’s advice via a Magic 8 Ball. If you had to leave behind one piece of Magic-8-Ball-worthy advice for your loved ones to carry with them, what would it be?

7. Like seasons in a garden, Lilymoor is constantly changing. What kind of space do you think the new stewards of Lilymoor will add to the gardens, and what kind of magic do you think it’ll hold?

8. Sophie often reminisces on how Harrie believed in magic of all kinds, filling her life with wonder. What are some ways you fill your own life with wonder? Who brings the most magic to your life?

9. If you had to pick one evening to get stuck in time, and one person to spend it with, when and who would it be?

10. Golden hour is when, in many different stories, mundane and magic meet. Why do you think that is?

11. Like companion planting, grief and love grow beside each other at Lilymoor. How did the fire affect Cyrus and Oliver differently? Has there been a challenge in your life that you grew from in a way that changed you for the better?