![]() How does Solomon use Lily and her husband to portray domestic life? How would you describe their marriage?ħ. ( Follow-up to Question 4) Have you ever felt, like Lily, that you have not lived up to expectations? If so, whose expectations? Yours? Others'? If others', whose?Ħ. Lily has this overwhelming (or perhaps underlying?) sense that she "has not become the type of woman she was supposed to become." Talk about what she means.ĥ. How is Lily caught between two competing mores, her mother's and her neighbors'? Does the conundrum she finds herself in resonate in any way with you?Ĥ. When Vee refuses her husband's request did you find the plotline, at that point, improbable? If so, did it make a difference to you in your enjoyment of the overall novel? Why or why not?ģ. In fact, how does the specter of Vashti haunt the entire novel? Maybe a better question to ask would be: what do all three women have in common?Ģ. ![]() ![]() Talk about the way that author Anna Solomon connects the Esther story in the Bible with Vee's story in this novel. We'll add publisher questions if and when they're available in the meantime, use our LitLovers talking points to help start a discussion for THE BOO OF V. ![]()
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