The Last Embrace (36 page)

THE LAST
EMBRACE

PAM JENOFF

Reader's Guide

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

1. The sense of place plays a very important role in
   The Last Embrace.
   Which setting did you find the most evocative?
   
2. Siblings often fall into distinct roles within a family. Did the relationships between the Connolly brothers remind you of your own siblings, or families you've known?
   
3. Addie's choices altered her life very drastically. Have you ever lamented a path that you might have taken but didn't?
   
4. It seems at some points in the book that Charlie and Addie are fated to be together, but at others they seem star-crossed. Do you believe in destiny and meant-to-be, or is love a matter of free will?
   
5. Addie was rather an independent woman without many close female friendships. Why do you think that is? What was it that drew her and Claire Churchill together?
   
6. Did any details in the story differ from your perception of life on the home front during the Second World War? What surprised you?
   
7. What do you think it was that Addie really wanted out of life, and did she succeed in getting it? What did she have to sacrifice or compromise?
   
8. Which of the men in the book would you have chosen for Addie (or none of them)? What is it about Addie's upbringing and circumstances that influenced her romantic decisions?
   
9. How do you feel about who Addie ends up with at the end of the book? How do you think Addie and Liam fare after the end of the book?
   

ISBN: 978-1-474-03089-2

THE LAST EMBRACE

© 2015 Pam Jenoff

Published in North America as
The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach
.

Published in Great Britain 2015
by Harlequin MIRA, an imprint of Harlequin (UK) Limited,
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