Discuss the ethics of Wellness’s business model. Are the placebos, though they help the clients, a form of lying? Or is their efficacy reason enough to sell them? Does the novel adjudicate the placebo’s morality? Why or why not?

How does the novel’s non-linear chronology shape the story? What details are withheld from the reader and why?

How are Jack’s and Elizabeth’s parenting styles and interactions with Toby shaped by their interactions with their own parents? Where do they repeat the ways their parents parented and where do they depart from it?