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1. If you found yourself in Clare's unenviable position, could you forgive your husband if he left you for another woman? If he were critically ill, do you think this would affect your decision?
2. What would you do if you were faced with a surprise pregnancy when your children were teenagers, and you were just beginning to find a life for yourself?
3. Have you ever felt disconnected from family and really alone? What did you do about it?
4. Have you ever been estranged from a child or other family member? How did you go about reconnecting?
5. In your own family, did your parents favor one child over another? If so, how did this favoritism affect relationships between you and your siblings? Between you and your parents? Did these feelings roll over into adulthood?
6. Which character in THURSDAYS AT EIGHT did you identify with most and why?
7. Which person would you most like to be friends with?
8. What was the emotional highlight of THURSDAYS AT EIGHT for you?
9. If you were to form a breakfast club, who would you invite? (These individuals could be friends, neighbors, casual acquaintances or people you'd just like to meet and get to know.)
10. In THURSDAYS AT EIGHT, each breakfast club member chose a word for the year as her personal focus. If you were to do this, what word would you choose, and why?
11. Do you keep a journal? In what way has journaling been beneficial for you? If you don't keep a journal, have you ever thought about keeping one? What has held you back?
12. If you've read previous Debbie Macomber books, how was THURSDAYS AT EIGHT different? How was it similar?
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