Introduction

Vegas Girls begins when three former high school friends, now in their mid-thirties, reunite in their hometown of Las Vegas—a city they vowed to escape as soon as they could—to celebrate their new lives and revisit old haunts. But what starts out as a week-long, sun-kissed reunion takes a strange turn as mysterious gifts appear, familiar faces pop up in unexpected places, and each woman reveals a secret, private quest. Set against desert heat, swimming pools, and casino lights, and told masterfully through five different points of view, Vegas Girls is about how we navigate the present while carrying the ghosts of our past.

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Excerpt

She was still wearing her nightgown but decided it could pass for a simple sundress with its spaghetti straps and cotton material. It hit her just at midthigh where there was a centimeter’s hem of red lace, the only real clue, she hoped, of the garment’s intended use. As she walked down the sidewalk she wished most of all for her sunglasses, because her head was pounding. Her second wish would be for a cold glass of water. It was already hot out here, and sun burned the space between her shoulder blades as she trudged blindly up the walk. She expected to hear someone running after her, a voice calling her name, but there was nothing. Only the deep silence of these identical houses and the ragged hum of the cicadas. The trees were young here, small and spindly, furthering the neighborhood’s sense of desolation, of sterility, artificiality, unkindness. ... view entire excerpt...

Discussion Questions

1. Do you have any friends that you knew growing up? How have your relationships with those friends changed?

2. Was Ivy too harsh with her mother? What would you have done in her situation.

3. Jeremy is a complicated and sometimes unlikable character. How do you feel about him by the end of the novel? Is it different than the way you felt at the book's beginning?

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