3. Should Jessie have tried to bring his daughters together sooner? Would it have worked under less dramatic circumstances?
4. Christina and Elizabeth are the only sisters who spent any time with Jessie as children. Why do you think their reactions at seeing him again are so different? Why was Christina so quick to forgive Jessie while it was almost impossible for Elizabeth to do the same?
5. We sometimes form opinions of people by looking at their other relationships. Did Lucy’s passionate loyalty to Jessie and her willingness to risk her law practice to help him accomplish something in death that he couldn’t in life change your feelings about him in any way?
6. Do you believe extreme beauty can be a burden? If so, how do you think it influenced Ginger’s behavior?
7. Of the four sisters, Rachel had the most difficult childhood. For her, betrayal and abandonment are bitter fruits from the same tree. How do you think Rachel would have reacted if Ginger had told her that she was involved with a married man? Should Ginger have told Rachel after the affair ended? Would it have changed their relationship?
8. Did you understand or sympathize with Elizabeth’s mother in any way? Was her behavior justifiable? Was she, like Jessie, a victim of the time that she lived in, when a woman’s role and social resources were limited by society’s expectations?
9. Grandparents raising grandchildren is not an oddity anymore. How do you feel about Elizabeth’s reaction to the possibility of raising Stephanie’s child? Do you feel she was being selfish or reasonable in her decision? How do you think you would react if faced with the same choices?
10. Which daughter do you feel was the most like her father? Which was the least?
11. It’s left to the reader’s imagination whether Ginger ever contacts her biological mother’s family. Do you think she does? And if so, how do you think it went?
12. By the end of the tapes did your opinion of Jessie change? Given another chance, what kind of father do you think he would make today?
About the Author
GEORGIA BOCKOVEN is an award-winning author who began writing fiction after a successful career as a freelance journalist and photographer. Her books have sold the world over. The mother of two, she resides in Northern California with her husband, John.
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Books by Georgia Bockoven
The Year Everything Changed
Things Remembered
Another Summer
Disguised Blessing
The Beach House
An Unspoken Promise
Far from Home
Alone in a Crowd
Moments
The Way It Should Have Been
A Marriage of Convenience
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