Rather than following the story in a linear manner from start to finish, Quinn goes back and forth between two timelines. How does this structure change the reader’s experience and help illuminate the novel’s themes?

Mab, Beth, and Osla each have varying tastes in literature. What do their preferences reveal about their characters?

Beth repeatedly thinks of Dilly’s riddle about being “inside the clock.” How is that an apt description of Beth’s time inside Clockwell Sanitarium?