This novel was written to spur discussion. Use the questions below or come up with your own as you make your way through the book.
Heather felt that getting to know Danni and Marnie would give her a chance to find true friendship. Why?
Heather observed other people's reactions to seeing Danni and Marnie (on the sidewalk outside the restaurant, at the airport, at the zoo, etc.). What did you think of her plan to change perceptions? Are there other ways?
Did Danni's and Marnie's law firms have any good reasons for not allowing them face time in court or with clients?
Before they met Heather, Danni and Marnie were confident about their legal abilities, but content to be relegated to back-office duties. Would you have been?
Heather was close to receiving an offer of partnership at her old law firm. What most compelled her to give up security for the extremely risky venture of starting a law firm with Danni and Marnie?
Did you understand why Danni attempted suicide at age thirteen?
Why did Marnie show no interest in actively working on weight loss?
How did Marnie's mother shape her life?
Compare the approach Danni's mother took with her to the approach Marine's mother took with her.
What do you think of Heather's inability to trust romantic relationships? Did she have good reasons? Will she ever be able to get past her two traumatic experiences?
Do you believe it's common for women to prefer their girl-outings to dates? If so, why?
Early in the story, Danni made the comment that she avoids rejection by not reaching out to others. Does she get past this?
On the flight to Nebraska, Heather bemoaned the overt rejection both Danni and Marnie faced while taking their seats. Do you sometimes watch the size of people walking down the aisle, and hope their seats aren't next to yours? Do you think they know? Do you care?
At the zoo, Danni displays good instincts about child-raising with the little, lost girl. But how will she cope if her children are all average height?
Is it healthy for Heather, Danni, and Marnie to socialize almost entirely with each other?
Were Heather and Danni right to ask Marnie to stop hooking up with men? Did she overreact in response?
Childhood sexual abuse is prevalent in our society. Can Heather ever put behind her what happened? What are some of the best ways to do so?
How are Annie and her daughter, Eloise, important to the story?
Would you hire someone who conducted herself at her job interview the way Annie did?
How did Jeanne and "her girls" know when they met that they'd become intimate friends?
Would it be helpful to you to have someone shower you with sincere compliments and over-the-top predictions of good fortune?
What did you think of Heather's and Marnie's New Year's Eve party encounters with Charlie and Ivan? What made those two couples "click" so quickly?
Jeanne's heart attack devastated the four women lawyers. In what ways had she become a mother-figure for them?
Were you surprised to learn that Jeanne was clairvoyant? There are people who perform services for law enforcement like Jeanne did. Why don't we hear about them?
Why do you think the women lawyers in the legal community accept Danni and Marnie so much more readily than the men did?