The Book as a Whole: Meghan in Jamaica

[Stephanie]

Meghan retreats to Jamaica to escape the turmoil in her life and, in doing so, detaches from her old persona and responsibilities. What did you think of this episode? Was Meghan being selfish by isolating herself? How did it affect Leo? Bridget? Or was this period in Meghan's life necessary and inevitable? Finally, discuss the outcome of the trip. Does Meghan sustain this growth of character when she reenters the real world? How about Bridget?

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[LaurenKondrat]

Personally, I just finished the book, and even though Bridget can accept things the way they have been played I am still a little bit cheezed off at Meghan. I mean, really, she is this public figure and she slips up. So the choice is to flee it all and hide? I would think someone as strongly looked up to as Meghan would have bounced back had she really dealt with it.

But on the other hand, it did give her the opportunity to change. Had the events that unfolded with Evan and the Leo not happened, I think Meghan would have stayed a somewhat static character. It's with those real moments (not edited for tv) that Meghan gets to finally do what she wants to do and on her own terms.