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3. People often remark on the resilience of children. Have you seen evidence of that in children you know? Have you seen evidence of the contrary? How do children experience loss and grief differently from adults? Do you have memories of trauma or grief from your childhood? How do your memories differ from experiences you have had as an adult?
4. Despite the rosary that Jerry wears around his neck, Things We Lost is an entirely secular meditation on death and loss. Have experiences of grief and loss made you feel closer to God or further away? Do you think faith makes a difference in how we face the loss of a loved one? What if our loved one doesn't share our faith?

The Family Corner

Things We Lost in the Fire is rated R for drug content and language. Jerry engages in long-term drug abuse, living in squalor and harboring vague hopes of being "clean" someday. We also see a recovering addict during a relapse in a state of severe heroin intoxication, and a prolonged sequence depicting slow, painful withdrawal symptoms. The f-word is repeatedly used both sexually and non-sexually, and there is scattered crude language and a whispered misuse of the name of Jesus. Characters semi-facetiously speculate or speak hypothetically about adultery. There is an instance of playful marital eroticism (nothing explicit) and a somewhat charged scene with a man and a woman in bed in which nothing ultimately happens.

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