Life She Wants (Carr)

Discussion Questions
We'll add publisher questions if and when they're available; in the meantime, use these LitLovers talking points to start a discussion for The Life She Wants...then take off on your own:

1. What do you think of Emma Compton? How would you describe her? Do you find her sympathetic? What about Riley Kerrigan? Describe her. Were you able to connect or identify with either character? Is one more likable than the other?

2. Emma berates herself for having failed to see what was going on with her husband's financial schemes. Do you blame her? Was she overly naive? Should she, could she, have understood his business operations?

3. Follow-up to Question #2: Is it fair for Emma to be blamed and mistrusted for her husband's actions?

4. Talk about Emma and Riley's friendship years ago. What was the breaking point, and who was at fault? Has something similar ever happened between you and a friend?

5. On the other hand, is it strange to you that two women have held a grudge against one another for something that happened so many years in the past?

6. What is Riley's back story? Why is she working so hard to forgive herself?

7. How do the main characters change or grow 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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