This tender and intimate memoir of a marriage will resonate with readers of About Alice, The Year of Magical Thinking, and Erich Segal’s beloved novel Love Story. Visit www.glendaburgessbooks.com for more information.

1. In her memoir’s prologue, Glenda Burgess recalls the child-friendly explanation her father gave for shooting stars: “Just a bit of chance and chaos, Sunshine. Atoms that dance.” How do these images apply to love? Did this description of the universe prove true in her life?
2. Discuss the memoir’s title. What does it mean to create a geography of love, mapping and describing its features? Where was love “located” for Glenda and Ken, both emotionally and on a map of the world? Which places and people have contributed most to your own geography of love?

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