![]() ![]() ![]() What is the importance of scent in the book? What are Valentine’s favorite smells and the associations she has with them? Do you have a favorite smell?ġ0. How does June influence Valentine? What is your opinion of June?ĩ. Though Valentine misses living and working with her grandmother, she has her beloved employee (and honorary Roncalli) June. Compare and contrast the men in Valentine’s life, including her father, her brother Alfred, Brett, Gabriel, and Gianluca. You get that one right, and you’ve solved the mystery.” Do you agree with this? Is love the most important thing in life?ħ. Speaking of love, June tells Valentine, “The only urgent thing in life is the pursuit of love. What does Valentine think about Gianluca, and how does she feel about him? How does she react when she receives his handwritten letters? Over the course of the story, do her feelings for him change-or her understanding of those feelings? What does Valentine want from love?Ħ. What role does Valentine play in the Roncalli family? How do the Roncallis define family? How is their notion of family challenged when they learn about their relatives in Argentina?ĥ. Do you think Valentine is like most contemporary American women?Ĥ. ![]() If you read the first novel, how have lost loves, family dramas, and professional opportunities impacted Valentine? How do they affect her over the course of this chapter in her life?ģ. How would you describe Valentine? What’s your favorite thing about her?Ģ. ![]()
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