1. What does the title mean to you? What meaning, or meanings, does the title have for Thea?

2. Which of the two sisters did you most identify with -- Thea or Mickey? Why?

3. In what ways were Thea and Mickey dependent on each other?

4. How would you compare the relationship between Thea and Mickey with the relationship between Mollie and Florence? With the relationship between Bella and Celia?

5. Why did Aunt Florence refuse to reveal the details from the past to Thea? Was her behavior a result of loyalty to her sister, Mollie, or betrayal?

6. How was Thea's childhood (growing up Jewish in Rock Hill, South Carolina) similar to yours? How was it different?

7. How do Bella's experiences in her adopted new country compare with stories you've heard about members of your own family who emigrated to the United States?

8. What significance does the yearning to belong have in the story?

9. Were you surprised that Thea had no desire to try to locate her real father?

10. How do you believe Thea's newfound knowledge will change her life?