Madeleine Wickham. Cocktails for Three
Description
This young adult fiction is about three best friends named Roxanne, Maggie, and Candice. Although they work together for London's top fashion magizine, The Londoner, they always meet for cocktails every month. They discuss the local fassion, gossip, and everything about thier lives.....or almost everything. When each of them face new challenges in their lives they will they realize that each of them will need eachother to get through their problems????
Author Background
Madeleine Wickham is also known as Shophie Kinsella has written many popular books. She used to be a finacial journalist in London. SHe now writes witty and funny books. Teenagers and young adults can relate really will to the ideas and subject matters talked about in her books. She has written The Undomestic Goddess, Can You Keep a Secret, and the Shopaholic series.
Text, context, history
(including texts by this and other authors and links to their pages)
* People, February 12, 2001, Victoria Balfour, review of Confessions of a Shopaholic, p. 41.
* Publishers Weekly, December 18, 2000, review of Confessions of a Shopaholic, p. 53; December 10, 2001, review of Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, p. 49; March 11, 2002, Daisy Maryles and Dick Donahue, "12-Step Program Available? (Behind the Bestsellers), " review of Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, p. 18.
Online
* BookBrowser, http://www.bookbrowser.com/ (January 31, 2001), Harriet Klausner, review of Confessions of a Shopaholic.
* Virgin.net, http://www.virgin.net/ (December 10, 2000), Lucy Dibdin, "It's Time to Lock up Your Credit Cards, " review of The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic.
Source: "Sohpia Kinsella" Contemporary Authors. Info Trac. May 2002. Drew University November 2006. < see [http://web6.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/775/910/96188886w6/purl=rc1_CA_0_H1000150799&dyn=3!xrn_1_0_H1000150799?sw_aep=madi95127#Career ]>
Bookclub questions
1. What are the jobs of Maggie, Roxanne and Candice? How do they know each other/
2. Who do the three girls meet in the bar and how does Candice know her?
3. Although Candice's father did hurt Heather's family financially and socially do you think that it is Candice's job to help Heather?
4. Who is Roxanne waiting for at the bar after the other two leave?
5. What does Maggie and Gile's conversation in the car reveal about Maggie's plans after she has the baby?
6. Personally how does Maggie feel about having a baby? Does she feel read? If not, why?
7. Who lives across the hall from Candice? What does he do for a living?
8. Who is Justin and how would you explain his personality?
9. Since Candice lies and goes around Justin's back to get Heather a job, how do you think this will affect her relationship with Justin, Roxanne, and Heather?
10. What message did Candice copy down for Ralph?
11. At the beginning of chapter six where is Roxanne and what happens to her?
1. After Maggie has Lucia how does she feel any more ready to be a mother? Does she feel pressure to know what to do? How does this effect her?
2. Is Heather using Candice? If so how?
3. How does Roxanne react to seeing Lucia?
4. Does Maggie want to go home and what does she fear when she gets home?
5. Do Maggie’s fears become a reality?
6. What happens between Ralph and Roxanne? Does this affect Roxanne’s job?
7. What is Maggie hiding from Giles?
8. What rumors does Heather spread around the office?
9. What did Ralph do in the law office?
10. What happened at Bar between Heather, Roxanne, Candice, and Maggie?
11. Do you think that Heather is playing Candice?
12. What does Ed say to Candice?
1. What happens to Ralph and how does this effect Roxanne?
2. What does Heather frame Candice for?
3. Why do you think Justin sides with Heather?
4. How does Paddy and Maggie’s relationship improve?
5. What does Roxanne receive from Ralph and why is this significant?
6. Where do Ed and Candice go and how does this cause Candice to confront her problematic pass?
7. What changes do Paddy and Maggie agree on?
8. How does Giles react to the changes?
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