Family Struggles

Discuss the author’s devastation after her divorce. Why was this separation particularly painful for her? What did it symbolize?

Family Struggles

Consider the author’s relationship with her father. Was he the hero and perfect man the author believed that he was? What was her father’s failing?

Family Struggles

Discuss the way the author’s family treated her brother. How did their inattention to the author impact her?

Duchess Goldblatt

Discuss the author’s intention when she created Duchess Goldblatt. Why did she consider Duchess a selfish act? At what point did the author realize that Duchess had moved beyond what she had intended for her?

Duchess Goldblatt

Consider the moral standards that the author sets for the Duchess. Why does the author insist that the Duchess not make jokes about people? Why does she decide to make Duchess a mother?

Duchess Goldblatt