Please note: This guide contains significant spoilers for VALLEY OF THE MOMS.

1. VALLEY OF THE MOMS is written with dual perspectives and timelines. How did this impact your reading? How would your understanding of Denny change if we only saw Anna’s perspective, and vice versa?

2. How does setting inform the plot in VALLEY OF THE MOMS?

3. VALLEY OF THE MOMS opens with Anna's body being found. What was the effect of this opening? Why might the author have chosen to start there?

4. How do wealth and loyalty intersect in VALLEY OF THE MOMS? Consider how the residents of Hamilton interact with the world and people around them.

5. What surprised you most about the ending? Who, in your opinion, most betrayed Anna?

6. Outside of our protagonists --- Anna and Denny --- which character felt most compelling to you?

7. At the end of our story, Denny decides to stay in Hamilton. What do you make of this choice? Would you have done the same?

8. Anna's story was inspired by real events in the author's life. Do you see echoes of your own life experiences in VALLEY OF THE MOMS?