Jessica, Cecile and Bryn are best friends from college. Cecile is the golden girl: beautiful, wealthy, married to a wonderful man and a lovely person as well. Then one sunny day she’s killed in a terrible accident. She had life so sorted out – how could this have happened to her?
After her tragic death, her husband and her best friends are devastated. But six months later, Jesse is dating Cecile’s widower, Zach. They are falling in love. Is it so wrong for Jesse to be seeing her best friend’s husband? And is it really love, or is it two people trying to comfort each other after a tragedy? Will Cecile’s ghost be forever between them, or can Jesse find real happiness for herself?
- Do you think this was a good reading group choice, bearing in mind the themes involved?
- How do you feel that the serious issues of death and finding love again in a "taboo" situation were handled?
- Do you think that the serious issues were dealt with sensitively?
- Who do you think the book is aimed at, and did it succeed?
- How did you feel about the ways in which various characters interact with each other?
- Did you like the resolution to the story?
- Did the American setting bother you? (e.g. what they ate, how they spent their time, etc)
- Did Jack and Jesse love each other or was it an easy option for both of them at the time?
- Why would anyone continue to work for such a horrible boss?
- Discuss the novel's insight into friendship
- Where, if at all, do you think the humour lies in the book?
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