These questions are designed as a way to stimulate discussions about the book, and can be useful for your book club, university class, or reading group.

1. What parts of the story affected you the most?
2. What was unique about the various settings of the book (both in the present and in the past)? And, how did these settings enhance or detract from the story?
3. What specific themes did the author emphasize throughout the novel? What do you think she is trying to get across to the reader?
4. Do the characters seem real and believable? Can you relate to their predicaments?
5. Which character do you most relate to?
6. Which character had the most impact on you, and to what extent do they remind you of yourself or someone you know?
7. How does Fran change or evolve throughout the course of the story? What events triggered her greatest changes?
8. How does the father character change or evolve throughout the course of the story (as an old man, as a young man during the war, as a boy running away from his past)?
9. How does the grandmother character change or evolve throughout the course of the story? What events triggered her greatest changes?
10. In what ways do the events in the books reveal evidence of the author's world view?
11. Did certain parts of the book make you uncomfortable? If so, why did you feel that way?
12. Did this discomfort lead to a new understanding or awareness of some aspect of your life you might not have thought about before?
13. How do you interpret the title, The Change Artist? How much of a Change Artist are you in your life?
14. The author makes the case that artistry, both practiced and appreciated, can transform your life. How has that been true or not true in your life?

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