7.Toward the end of the book, Jenna had the option to continue pursuing her art by moving to California and taking the job as Gregory’s assistant at Berkeley. Do you think she could have made that option work? What about her children? Ultimately, she decided all she needed was to feel she had a choice in the matter but that she didn’t need to take the job and go to California to feel fulfilled—she could do that at home with her children in the life they’d made for themselves. How did you react to her choices at the end?
8.What was your reaction to Gregory? Did you understand the connection between him and Jenna? Did you see him as trying to get her to make bad or selfish choices or as honestly trying to help her pursue the creative life she desired?
9.Over the course of the few months before Jenna left Nashville, Sam Oliver became a constant in her life by showing up every day (except Friday) to have coffee with her. What do you think he represented to her? What do you think he saw in her that kept him coming back? Was he just a distraction for Jenna or do you think they could have developed a deeper connection once she returned to Nashville?
10.Jenna’s two friends were Max and Delores, both much older and wiser than she was. Why do you think she developed such important relationships with these two people? How did they affect her throughout the book?
About the Author
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Born and raised in Mobile, Alabama, Lauren K. Denton now lives with her husband and two daughters in Homewood, just outside Birmingham. In addition to her fiction, she writes a monthly newspaper column about life, faith, and how funny (and hard) it is to be a parent. On any given day, she’d rather be at the beach with her family and a stack of books. The Hideaway was her highly acclaimed and USA Today bestselling debut novel.
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