The Perfectly Imperfect Life

a discussion guide for the issues found in Lisa Kogan's Someone Will Be with You Shortly

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Excerpt:

1. Lisa’s partner and the father of her daughter lives across the world and only gets to visit every two or three months. Do you think you could live that way? With the rate of divorce, might this be a blessing in disguise?

2. In Lisa’s list of what women want, she mentions equal pay, compassionate lighting, and a lot of foreplay. What would you add?

3. “Sometimes I think being middle-aged isn’t about learning a lot of new lessons so much as learning the same old ones again and again." What are the lessons you’re still trying to master?

4. In Chapter 7, Lisa starts off by writing, “The love of my life is seeing other women.” And later says, “The truth is this: My daughter would follow Miranda Dedushi and Lidra Basha, her two babysitters, to the ends of the earth…” The anxiety mothers feel when leaving their children with the nanny is an age-old issue, one Lisa obviously struggles with. Do you have any thoughts of your own?