Murder and Pink Blossoms Gift Ideas –

These ideas are based on events in the book.

1.  Put the book and ingredients for Mamie’s fudge in a box.

2.  Add a bag of Chex™ Party Mix or ingredients to make it.

3.  Attach a pink Christmas ornament to your package.

4.  Include a gift certificate for pink yarn and a pattern (available free on the web) for a dog sweater.

5.  Wrap the book with music by Jimmy Dorsey or Bill Haley and the Comets

Murder and Pink Blossoms Book Club Ideas –

If you are meeting in person or via Zoom, enjoy Mexican food, play early rock ‘n roll songs, and wear clothing from the 1950s. 

Questions from the book:

1. Why were crab apple trees planted in and near Ellen’s neighborhood?

2. Did you have a pink refrigerator or stove or toilet in your childhood home?

3. Besides crab apple trees, what other plant was often planted in the 1950s?

4. What are the architectural characteristics of ranch-style homes?

5. Why did the population of Denver and the surrounding area explode after WWII?

6. What is the name of Murph’s favorite river to fish? What Colorado city is it near?

7. How do you play “Queen of the Mountain?” Have you played it?

8.  Why didn’t the dirt alley behind Ellen’s home go straight through?

9.  The deep hole in the alley was called what?  Why was it there?

10. A beautiful white flower bloomed outside Father Louie’s office window. What was it and what     was its name?

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