Easy Street

1. Is Lillian a winner or a loser?
   
   
2. Lillian tries to figure out Porrocks' sexual preference as well as Audrey's. Do you believe in "gaydar"?
   
   
3. Have you ever known a street person? Are Drooly Rick and the other street people portrayed realistically?
   
   
4. Lillian's attempted good deed goes terribly wrong. Was she wrong to try to help Rick?
   
   
5. Once again Lillian is frustrated with the police investigation and launches her own. Would you call that determination or impulsivity?
   
   
6. Lillian travels many miles to track down Audrey. Does she have a clear idea of her motivation? Why do you think she does it?
   
   
7. Lillian's conscience bothers her when she tricks Amanda to get information. Do you think her subterfuge is justified?
   
   
8. Lou asks Lillian to put in a good word for her with Porrocks. Have you ever been asked to intervene in a relationship?
   
   
9. This book contains Lillian's most disasterous love affair yet! Do you think she'll ever fall in love again?
   
   
10. As the book ends, Amanda hasn't yet been informed about what has happened to her sister. How do you think she would handle that news?
    
    
11. Lillian is in desperate shape financially. What should she do?
    
    
12. Do you think you would you enjoy reading a Calico Jones novel?

From Easy Street: Gingerbread (see page 42.)

"I want to bake something for a friend," I told her. "I want to make a little gift. What would you suggest?"

Her eyes lit up. "Why don't we make a pan of gingerbread, dear?"

"You mean you'd give me your recipe?" Her gingerbread was out of this world...

"Sure, but let's just make up a pan together right now!" She tottered off to her kitchen, I followed, and after about fifteen minutes of concentrated activity her dinged-up baking pan was in the oven, and about two minutes after that the smell in her kitchen was extraordinary.

IN PERSON
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book group guides are available for the following books:
Holy Hell
Damn Straight
Lucky Stiff
Easy Street
The Actress