Umpteen Millionaire Club: Discussion Questions for The Love Bunglers
- If this is the first book in the Love and Rockets series you've read, what are your impressions?
- What does the plant dream symbolize?
- Did Maggie suspect her father's affair from the beginning?
- Why doesn't Maggie seem to care about her "potential?"
- Why doesn't Maggie's mother want to see the problems happening to the family?
- Why is Maggie reluctant to be with Ray?
- What do you think her interest in Reno stems from?
- Aside from those offered by the characters, what other reasons could there be for why Maggie couldn't leave the house in "Return for Me?"
- Do you think Ray ends up donating sperm to Maggie's friend Hopey?
- What sort of life did Calvin live between the times we saw him in the book?
- What are some of the recurring images and symbols in Love Bunglers: for example, Calvin and sticks?
- Pick a sequence and explain the visual techniques Hernandez uses to build dramatic tension. One possible sequence: pp. 45-48.
