1. What historic events, if any, have impacted your life? In what way? And what were the consequences?
2. How have the years changed popular opinion about the Viet Nam War? Or have they?
3. Leigh makes a life-altering choice the night of McGovern’s defeat. Can you find parallels to this in the Bible? In history
or your own life?
4. What do you think are the causes of the conflict between Leigh and Bette? What advice would you have given Leigh? Bette?
Does heredity play any part in their personalities? If so, how?
5. Leigh’s response to her little daughter’s questions about her daddy was pained silence. Was she right or wrong? How would
you have handled it?
6. Did Kitty’s story surprise you? What led her into an affair and out of it?
7. Do you see any parallels among the lives of Chloe, Bette, and Leigh? Explain.
8. Of the three generations of women, who seems to have found the greatest peace? Why do you think this is so?
9. Nate visited Leigh’s apartment the night Carly was born. Have you ever experienced a similar “coincidence” in your life?
Or do you know of a real-life example that happened to someone you know?
10. Compare and contrast how each generation handles universal experiences, such as births, deaths, weddings, et cetera. Show
how each is somewhat the same and different for each generation.