Life Drawing for Beginners
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Irene makes a dramatic choice at the end of the book. Do you agree with her decision? Do you think she was being selfish or doing the right thing for her family?
When Audrey first meets Michael, she finds him extremely unlikeable, but her feelings for him slowly shift. Why?
How does Michael change over the course of the novel? If you were in his shoes, would you make the same choices he does regarding Carmel?
After the last drawing class, Audrey reflects on how the class turned out and how her students got along with each other: “Nothing dramatic had happened at all. They’d interacted at the break, they’d chatted politely with each other, and that had been that…She’d done her best and that was all anyone could do.” Is Audrey’s interpretation correct? Did anything dramatic or life-changing happen to her or any of her students as a result of her class?
About the Author
ROISIN MEANEY began her career when she won the Tivoli Write a Bestseller competition for The Daisy Picker and has written seven novels since. She has lived in the United States, Canada, Africa, and Europe, and currently resides in Limerick, Ireland. You can visit her website at www.roisinmeaney.com.
Also by Roisin Meaney
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Semi-Sweet
Praise For Semi-Sweet
“I savored every bit of this romantic and deeply true novel, right up to the surprising ending.”
—Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author
“A charming tale…Author Roisin Meaney cleverly captures the sweet, semi-sweet, and bittersweet manifestations of love in its many forms…[She] has created a delightful version of life’s recipe, by blending together ingredients that range from the mundane to the earth shattering, and everything in between. A visit to this small Irish town is a trip worth taking.”
—FreshFiction.com
“An endearing, insightful story of self-discovery, empowerment, love, and yes, most deliciously, cupcakes.”
—Erica Bauermeister, author of The School of Essential Ingredients
“Meaney definitely knows how to bake up a tasty story from scratch. The fact that it was set in a small, idyllic town in Ireland was just the frosting on the cupcake!…Roisin Meaney is being moved up to the top of my authors to watch list!”
—GoodReads.com
“Semi-Sweet is a heartwarming tale of the yearning for love, the search for happiness, and the importance of friendship—all served up with tea and cupcakes.”
—Lisa Verge Higgins, author of The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship
“A set of characters you can truly care about and a story that has the ring of authenticity make this a novel that you’ll be totally focused upon from start to finish.”
—BookLoons.com
“Roisin Meaney writes with charm and wit about the characters and stories that make up this community…each story line proves to be engaging, poignant, and appealing to read about…Meaney has truly made this town and its people come alive. This is an entirely pleasurable story to read!”
—RomanceJunkiesReviews.com
“Ms. Meaney has such an easy way of showing fragments of everyday life, both the heartwarming and the unthinkable. She clearly has a marvelous ability for creating distinctive, authentic, and likeable characters…This is one of those books that stays in your thoughts long after you read it. If you are looking for realism, romance, and character growth then this book [is] sure to appeal.”
—All About Romance (LikesBooks.com)
Contents
Title Page
Dedication
Introduction
The First Week: September 21–27
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
The Second Week: September 28–October 4
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
The Third Week: October 5–11
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
The Fourth Week: October 12–18
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
The Fifth Week: October 19–25
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
The Sixth Week: October 26–31
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thanks a Million
Back to the Drawing Board
Reading Group Guide
About the Author
Also by Roisin Meaney
Praise For Semi-Sweet
Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
Copyright © 2011 by Roisin Meaney
Reading Group Guide Copyright © 2012 by Hachette Book Group
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