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The Housemaid's Wedding book club questions

For the first 5 chapters, the way a good group chat asks them: a quick take-a-side question first, then one to chew on. This page stops at chapter 5, so nothing here spoils what comes after.

by Freida McFadden2024 · novella · 13 chapters · 69 pages · Hollywood Upstairs Press
Cover of The Housemaid's Wedding by Freida McFadden

Chapter 1

  1. Is the man who punched first and skipped hello a cold pro or just out of control?
  2. The narrator pins this whole nightmare on one terrible morning mistake, so why does that self-blame land harder than the threat to break every bone?
  3. The chapter never tells us who is locked in that stifling room or who threw the punch, so why does hiding the names make the threat feel worse?

Chapter 2

  1. Telling Enzo the death threat was a telemarketer: smart call or terrible idea?
  2. Millie fires back Go to hell at a man promising to slit her throat, so is that grit or a woman who's taken too many of these calls to flinch anymore?
  3. Millie has spent years helping women escape abusive husbands, so why does feeling lucky at a tiny City Hall ceremony seem to catch her off guard?

Chapter 3

  1. Felicity or Nadine, and which one is Millie really rooting for?
  2. Millie's parents are estranged yet she made them her only witnesses, so what's she hoping her mother's heirloom locket and this ceremony will patch up?
  3. The 718 threats keep coming and the snow is a surprise, so why does the dress refusing to zip feel like the biggest blow of Millie's morning?

Chapter 4

  1. Enzo taking off with the dress three hours before the ceremony: hero or hazard?
  2. The caller asking about her coat closet since her boyfriend left is the chill of the chapter, so why does him knowing Enzo's gone scare more than the death threat itself?
  3. The caller blames Millie for ruining his marriage, so does that grievance make him more dangerous or just more pathetic?

Chapter 5

  1. Butcher knife and five steps to the closet: brave or completely bananas?
  2. Millie telling Enzo everything is fine while begging him to hurry is the line that sank me, so why does she still pick the knife over the truth with him minutes away?
  3. She won't call 911 because it would cost her the city hall wedding, so how much of Millie's risk here is courage and how much is protecting the day itself?

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