1. When Rosemary Dedrick tells Cassie she is pregnant, Cassie is angry and disgusted. Do you think this reaction is justified?

2. Cassie assumes the money for the baby will be used to send her to art school. What does this tell you about Cassie?

3. Cassie chooses to give her mother White Shoulders perfume for Mother's Day instead of the usual Arpege. Why does she do this? What did she expect her mother's reactions to be?

4. Cassie is able to track down the childless couple whose baby her mother is having. How does meeting them change Cassie?

5. Mrs. Dedrick and the Bridges, the couple for whom she is having the baby, are unknown to each other. Why do you think arrangements are usually handled by a third party and anonymity is insisted upon in the case of surrogate parenting?

6. Deenie tells Cassie her boyfriend Max is...