- Why do you think the author chose this song for the title of her novel? How did it relate to what happened in the story?
- Did you follow the real-life college admissions scandal? In your opinion, why would parents knowingly break the law like that to get their kids into these various colleges?
- What was your opinion on Peyton’s reasoning for trying to “buy” a Princeton admission for her daughter, Max? Do you believe she was so naive to not realize she was breaking the law?
- Why did her husband Isaac have to take the fall for what happened? What would you have done if you were Peyton?
- What are your thoughts about Skye’s storyline? What was behind her buying spree and going into debt? Did she do that out of boredom?
- Did Skye ever tell her husband about her out of control spending?
- Peyton buys Max’s way into Princeton but the irony is that she probably what have gotten in on her own. Why did Peyton have to meddle with her daughter’s future?
- Let’s discuss the ending. Why did Peyton turn herself in? What will be the lasting repercussions for doing so?
- Did you feel any empathy for Peyton?
- How did the scandal impact Peyton and Skye’s relationship for good?
- Have you read any of Lauren Weisberger’s books? How did this one compare to those?
Where the Grass Is Green and the Girls Are Pretty by Lauren Weisberger
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