2. In what ways does Marina’s youth influence her attraction to Sarah and Thomas and her initial experience in Florence? Did her upbringing make her more sophisticated or more naïve?
3. What does Marina learn about Thomas when she first attends his photography show? How do you think she feels about what she discovers?
4. To what extent was Marina culpable in being seduced by Thomas? At what point in the story did the seduction begin?
5. Marina did not tell Sarah about being seduced by Thomas for fear it would damage their friendship irreparably. When she discovered she was pregnant, do you think she should have told Sarah and Thomas? Was there another point in time at which she could have told them about Zoe?
6. What was the basis for Marina’s attraction to Sarah? Did Sarah play with Marina’s feelings intentionally? Was Marina a lesbian/bisexual or simply a woman who fell in love with her best friend? Do you think Sarah loved Marina in a way she was unable to accept?
7. Was Marina right not to tell Zoe the truth about her father’s identity? How much of the truth should she have shared with Zoe?
8. To what extent does Marina use her work and her daughter as an excuse for not allowing herself a personal life?
9. After Zoe’s birth, Marina’s life is closely linked with that of Lydia and June. Why did the author create a lesbian couple to befriend Marina?
10. Marina vacillated greatly about whether to tell Sarah the truth when she returned to Florence as a grown woman. If Marina had not stumbled upon the bust in Sarah’s studio, do you think she would have told Sarah the truth?
11. Do you think that Sarah sending the camera to Zoe at the end of the book indicates she will forgive Marina? Is it conceivable that a person might be able to forgive such a betrayal?

This book is on these lists:

• April 2013 Indie Next List
• March 2013 Indie Next List
• February 2013 Indie Next List