Spoiler Warning: These book club discussion questions reveal important details about Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston. Finish the book before reading on.
- Why do you think Elinor is drawn to the laundry room? Is their anything symbolic about the elements in the laundry room?
- Why is Ted drawn to Gina? Why does Ted keep returning to Gina even when he vows that the affair is over?
- What do each of the people in Happiness Sold Separately need? Do you think they get what they need in the end? Are you satisfied with the resolution?
- Why does Toby like Ted so much? Did Toby change how you felt about Ted and Gina? Make them more sympathetic?
- Do you think the marriage counselor was helping or hurting Elinor and Ted's marriage? Was their marriage salvageable?
- Do you think the infertility drove Ted and Elinor apart or were they just wrong for each other? What role do you think circumstances play in the success or failure of a marriage?
- Do you think Ted and Elinor should stay together or do you want Ted to go with Gina? Can any one solution make everybody happy?
- What does the title, Happiness Sold Separately, mean? Have you ever bought into something that turned out to be less than promised?
- Would a baby have made Ted and Elinor happy? What do you think is the secret to happiness?
- The story is written in a way that the reader gets to hear from several characters' points of view. Do you think this was effective?
- Rate Happiness Sold Separately on a scale of 1 to 5.
