Seven Tears at High Tide (20 page)

About the Author

C.B. Lee is
a bisexual writer, rock climber and pinniped enthusiast based in California. She is a first-generation Asian American and has a BA in sociology and environmental science, which occasionally comes in handy in her chosen career, but not usually. Lee enjoys reading, hiking and other outdoor pursuits.
Seven Tears At High Tide
is a first novel.

You can connect to C.B. at cb-lee.com and on Twitter at
@author_cblee.

Questions for Discussion

1. How does Kevin's relationship with Miles affect his feel­ings for Morgan? How would their relationship have progressed differently without that in Kevin'
   s past?
   
2. How does being a halfling change the way Morgan thinks about humans? About himself?
   
3. How does Kevin's family and his background help him under­stand what it was like to be a halfling?
   
4. How would Morgan have behaved differently on his mission if he had known from the beginning about the choice he would have to make on his birthday? Would he have allowed himself to become so attached to Kevin if he had thought he'd never see him again after
   that summer?
   
5. How is love different between selkies and humans? Which way is better, in
   your opinion?
   
6. Nathaniel (Nate) appears throughout the story. What do you think were the ethics violations that caused him to lose his funding? How did his character reveal itself as the story
   went on?
   
7. Living without his father wasn't as traumatic for Morgan as it often is for human kids. What about selkie culture makes that possible?
   
8. Why was Floyd so willing to believe Morgan was his son, despite never having seen
   him before?
   
9. The idea of humans controlling selkies by hiding their pelts so they can't transform keeps coming back, over and over, in the story. Despite being hurt by that behavior so much in her own life, Linneth eventually tells Kevin to do it to Morgan. Why did she ask that of him? How might the story have been different if Kevin had taken
   her advice?
   
10. In Chapter 17, Kevin wishes for Morgan to return. Do you think that had an impact on the story? Why or
    why not?
    
11. What was Linneth's role in the boys getting their happily
    ever after?
    

    —AC Holloway