Singles Game (Weisberger)

Discussion Questions
We'll add specific questions if and when they're made available by the publisher. In the meantime, use our LitLovers talking points to help start a discussion for The Singles Game...then take off on your own:

1. What do you learn from The Singles Game about the professional tennis circuit? Does any of it surprise you? How realistic a portrait do you think Lauren Weisberger has drawn? Do you feel the detail enhanced the book or bogged down the pace?

2. How would you describe the people who inhabit the world of tennis—the players, coaches, and celebrities who hover around its edges or at its very center?

3. How good a tennis player is Charlie? Why do so many of the characters—her father, brother and former coach—want her to retire at 25?

4. Talk about what happens to Charlie's moral compass as she pursues higher rankings under new coach. How do the trappings of success entice young people...or people of any age? What are the dangers of succeeding at any cost?

5. If you've read The Devil Wears Prada (or seen the film), what are the similarities between that book's heroine, Andy, and this book's heroine, Charlie?

6. Talk about life on the road—not only for Charlie, but also for any sports or performance artist or, say, for politicians and business people? What are the hardships? What are the perks? How much time have you spent on the road in your life or career? Does the traveling life appeal to you?

7. The Singles Game is a coming of age story. What does Charlie come to understand about herself by the end of the novel?

(Questions by LitLovers. Please feel free to use them, online or off, with attribution. Thanks.)

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