Misery Loves Chocolate

1. What do you think Saoirse is really looking for when she joins the Air Force: security, independence, escape, or something else?
2. How does Saoirse’s idea of freedom change as the story unfolds?
3. Which friendship has the greatest influence on Saoirse in Book One, and why?
4. How does the 1975 setting shape the choices available to Saoirse and the expectations placed on her?
5. Where do you see the strongest tension between independence and belonging?
6. How do money, status, and family expectations affect Saoirse once she enters Tom and David’s world?
7. Which character most clearly becomes a blessing, a lesson, or both?
8. When does Saoirse seem most certain about what she wants? When does that certainty begin to cost her something?
9. How does humor, including the recurring idea of chocolate, balance the more serious parts of Saoirse’s journey?
10. What does the title Misery Loves Chocolate mean to you by the end of the book?

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