In the book, Rachel’s physical beauty was detrimental to her safety. Can you think of other situations where physical attractiveness is not necessarily desirable?

Can you think of a scenario where a woman may want to live in a household with more than one wife?

Explain the significance of the fact that the two people, Irvin and Ernadine, who cared most about Sara and Rachel, were part of the minority group most reviled by the FLDS.

Why do you think Sara was able to reach her own independent conclusions about the fallacies inherent in the community’s dogma long before Rachel could see them?

If you were a sister wife, would you feel that your husband was cheating on you with the other wives?

Is jealously inevitable in a situation where several women share the same man? Is it part of human nature to be jealous?

Do you think that the nature of polygamy would create a caste system for wives?

The prophet exerted dominance over both the men and the women in Blood of the Lamb community, and he was the final arbiter for all important decisions, including who they may marry. Why would men, who have freedom to leave and more contact with the outside world, accept total domination by another man?

In order to separate herself from her blind faith, Rachel needed a cataclysmic event to challenge her entrenched belief system. What are other ways that someone loses his or her faith?

How does a belief system taught in childhood affect a person into adulthood? Can a person ever truly let go of the faith of their childhood if it was deeply ingrained in them like it was for Rachel?

Rachel’s understanding of her world was through her faith, when she lost that, she began to lose her mind. How important do you think spirituality is to one’s emotional and psychological well-being?