What was the truth of this book? Did either Ann or Lucy find the truth and if so, what was it? If not, what was the missing truth of this book?

Beauty was a major theme in this book. How was beauty defined by Ann and by Lucy? How did others define Lucy's beauty? In society, how do we define beauty? From reading this book, is our idea of beauty right or wrong?

Did you agree that Ann Patchett wrote this book? Lucy's sister was upset it was published, and believed Ann did Lucy a disservice. Did you feel Lucy was wrongly portrayed? Did you feel anything was disrespectful to Lucy? Did you receive a full scope of Lucy's personality and being?

How did Ann and Lucy define success? Was their definition of success accurate? In the end, despite being famous writers, did they...