Parenting is a major theme in the novel. At one point, Christie says of Henry: "He wasn't just the most important thing in her life, she thought. He was the only thing she'd ever done right" (page 117). Do you think Christie, Jamie, and Mike work well together in co-parenting Henry? Do you think it's ever stressful for Henry to split his time between two very different households, with two sets of rules and expectations?