The Roof of the Apartment Building

Nella took her children to the roof of their apartment building several times before she went up there with the idea of pushing her children off and then jumping off herself.

The Apartment Building Courtyard

It was in the courtyard of the apartment building in which he lived that Brick learned that what he had seen fall past his window was not a bird. He saw the three children and mother lying on the concrete, where they had fallen from the roof. It was also in this courtyard that a shrine had been set up for Nella and her children.

4725 Northeast Cleveland Avenue

This address in Portland, Oregon is where Rachel’s grandmother lives. Rachel goes to Portland to live with her grandmother after her mother, brother, and sister have died. A good deal of the story takes place in this house.

Salvation Army Harbor Lights Center