Blue Ticket

Discussion Questions (may contain spoilers!)

1. What are the benefits to being a blue ticket woman versus a white ticket woman?

2. What if you were assigned a blue ticket in the lottery – what would you do?

3. Why do you think the author chose the colours blue and white?

4. Discuss the parallels between a nation that would exert absolute control over women’s reproductive rights and ongoing issues in our world today.

5. Discuss the role of men in the novel – what did you feel towards R and Doctor A? Did Calla love R? Did she love Doctor A?

6. Discuss Marisol – did you like her or dislike her and why? Did Calla love Marisol?

7. What’s the significance of the name Nova?

8. Would you give Nova away – do you see this as an act of bravery and selflessness?

9. What does Calla discover about herself by the end of her “journey”?

10. Discuss Calla’s final dream in the Epilogue. Do you think this is a portent of things to come or just a wish fulfillment?