1. De Lint's fiction often focuses on female protagonists. How good is he at creating realistic female characters?

2. What is multiple personality syndrome?

How does it apply to Gordon/Bob? Is there any treatment as effective as Zoe's cure?

3. What cultural traditions does de Lint draw on for his portrait of Zoe's healing power? Has he modified them at all?

4. What would you expect to happen next for Zoe? How might she incorporate her knowledge of her healing ability into her life?

5. What real-life social services exist to help the sort of wounded people Zoe is said to attract? How would Gordon/ Bob be helped?

6. Science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov often argued that there are such things as coincidences. How would his arguments bolster Zoe's view of the matter?

7. What is the phenomenon of "stalking"?

What should Zoe have done if she...