1. The Saturday Wife has been described as a satire. Do you agree or disagree? If you agree, what is the author satirizing, and why?

2. Describe what you think would be the perfect ending for this book and why.

3. What do you think is the role of a good spiritual leader?

4. Describe the perfect spiritual leader for Swallow Lake.

5. Do you think Chaim failed the congregation, or did the congregation fail him?

6. In what way could Delilah be described as a comic figure? In what way a tragic one?

7. In her acknowledgements, the author says she was inspired by the book Madame Bovary. Can you find some parallels between the two books?

8. Do you think Delilah jumped over the edge, or was she pushed?

9. Describe the kind of life that would have really made Delilah happy.

10. If you had to write a sequel to this book, describe chapter one.