60 pages • 2 hours read
Ashley WinsteadThe Last Housewife
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
1.
Why does Shay feel like her house is a “mausoleum”? What does that description reveal about her life with Cal? Explain your response by including quotations from the text.
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How do Clem and Laurel’s deaths relate to one another? How does Rachel fit into their deaths, and what is Don’s role in each situation? Who is at fault for these deaths?
3.
Shay struggles with her feelings of desire and control, but how does her view of control change over the course of the novel? Is she in control at the end? Why or why not?
