9. Consider the circumstances (psychological and logistical) that lead Gordon and Robin to sleep together. Do you think Glenna knew this might happen when she suggested that the two of them go to Woodstock without her? Were you surprised by this outcome?

10. What do you think prompted Gordon’s father to bring the family and Glenna to Zalman’s restaurant? How were these motives different from those that drive Gordon to return to New York to see Glenna?

11. Consider the ways in which Comeback Love is simultaneously a timeless story of first love, while also being very much a story of its time. How do current events (in both the past and present sections) inform the action of the narrative and the development of the plot?

12. “‘This could be my child.’ ‘Our child,’ I corrected her. She shook her head, unwilling to concede that this was about me, too. I could have the blame for knocking her up, not the credit.” Who did you empathize with here—Glenna or Gordon?

13. Discuss why Gordon failed to submit his Selective Service form. Do you think he wanted to go to Vietnam, or did he want to escape New York? How are these two desires different?

14. Imagine you are the casting director for the film version of Comeback Love. Who would you cast as young Gordon and young Glenna? Who would play them in the present-day scenes?

PETER GOLDEN is an award-winning journalist, biographer, and historian. He lives outside Albany, New York, with his wife and son. Comeback Love is his first novel.

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