The story is told entirely in third person, by an omniscient narrator. Each, section, however, concentrates on a specific character and takes place in a different time period. Part 1 concentrates primarily on Tara and her arrival at the house. Her observations of the sameness of the house and its inhabitants provide the reader with his/her initial descriptions and characterizations of the characters. Part 2 goes back in time to when the children were growing up, and centers primarily on Bim. The reader is given a completely different outlook on the characters and rationalizations for their behavior in the first section as adults. Part 3 also takes place during the children's childhood and focuses mainly on the two sisters and their differing experiences in school, as well as their relationship and differing personalities......
