Changing Grooms
by Sasha Wagstaff
Book of the Month: April 2009
Reading Group Guide
1) Tessa, Sophie and Clemmie each have a different reason for running away from their pasts. What is each character searching for? And how does the Forbes-Henry family provide the answer? 2) What role does Appleton Manor itself play in the novel? Did you find the Cotswold setting important to the story? 3) This novel features women who fall in love at different times in their lives: Henny is in her 50s, Clemmie her 40s, Tessa her 30s, and Milly is a teenager. Whose experience did you most relate to, and why? 4) Fidelity is a key theme of the novel. Can you understand Caro and Rufus’s reasons for cheating on their partners? Can you sympathise with their characters at all? 5) How does the novel explore the theme of parenthood? 6) Which of the characters changes most over the course of the novel? What do they learn? Recommended reading RIDERS by Jilly Cooper WELL GROOMED by Fiona Walker GOING HOME by Harriet Evans SHOPAHOLIC TIES THE KNOT by Sophie Kinsella
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