1. Which character did you identify with the most? Why?

2. Polly’s book club is her safe space --- the place she can share everything. How does that kind of chosen family compare to the family we’re born into? What does she still choose not to share with the entire club?

3. The novel explores infertility and the ache of wanting a child. What did you make of how Polly processed her IVF journey and the way it affected her relationships? Have you ever experienced something similar? Discuss.

4. “We never know what’s living inside the people around us.” What moments in the novel best illustrate that idea for you?

5. “Maybe I had always been kidding myself, that I was the only woman who felt this way. Maybe everyone’s mother was a kind of mystery to her daughter. Maybe everyone’s daughter was a mystery to her mother.” Discuss Polly’s relationship with her mother. How was it like or unlike your own?

6. When Polly learns the truth about her parentage, she’s forced to question who she is. Do you think identity comes more from biology or from the life we build for ourselves? Discuss.

7. Friendship is central to the novel --- especially how it shifts with loss, aging and time. Which friendship dynamic felt most real to you, and why? How have your own friendships grown, faded or changed over time?

8. Several passages touch on the idea of “letting life in.” What does that mean to you? Did you see Polly learn to do it by the end?

9. There’s a quiet thread about caregiving --- for parents, for friends, for ourselves. How does the novel portray the emotional cost and beauty of care?

10. Have you ever had a moment --- like Polly --- where you discovered something that made you see your own story differently?

11. The novel ends on a note of quiet hope and reconnection. What does “more than enough” mean to you in your own life?