1. Are there times when it is appropriate, correct even, to do the “wrong thing for the right reason”? Do you think Paige’s actions ever fell into this category?
2. Do you think that lawsuits in our current medical system encourage cover-ups of mistakes? Should Paige have told Lee about her past when he offered to hire her?
3. Paige finally acknowledged that she carried “3 percent” of the blame. Do you think she carried more or less? Have you ever carried more than your share of blame for something? How did you deal with it?
4. How is family important in the novel? How has family helped or hindered your own life and faith choices?
5. Clarissa has a noble goal and she pursues it regardless of who is hurt in the process. Paige also has a noble goal, yet goes after it in a much gentler way. Do you think the difference is upbringing, personality, or spiritual beliefs?
6. In times of crisis, has a specific Bible verse or other wisdom ever been of comfort to you? How did you discover it and what did it come to mean to you?
7. Have you ever prayed, claimed, believed, yet did not receive what you asked for? Did it challenge or deepen your faith? Have you ever prayed, claimed, believed and received? How did it affect your faith?
8. During a dark moment in your life, what did you do or how did you manage to make it to your “daybreak”?
9. Have you lived or worked with a person like Clarissa’s grandfather who pushes, sometimes too hard, for results? Did this motivate you? Frustrate you?