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- Lucy’s husband asked her mother to visit
her in the hospital, and paid for her trip. Do you think that was a
gesture of love on his part?
- What role does the gossip Lucy and her mother share play in the
book?
- Do you think Lucy blames her mother for the more painful parts
of her childhood? Could her mother have done better?
- WWII and the Nazis are themes that profoundly affect Lucy’s
father (and hence her whole family), Lucy’s marriage to her first
husband, and even her dreams. Discuss.
- Lucy expresses great love for her doctor. How would you describe
that love?
- Lucy’s friend Jeremy told her she needed to be "ruthless as a
writer." Did she take his advice? How?
- Why did Lucy keep returning again and again to see the marble
statue at the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
- How has the poverty of Lucy’s childhood shaped her life and her
work?
- What does living in New York City mean for Lucy? Do you think
she feels at home in New York?
- What did Sarah Payne mean, when she said to Lucy: "We only have
one story"?
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