Sacramento

Sacramento is the city in California where the majority of the narrative is set. Tiny and her husband reside here together. Because Tiny infrequently leaves her home after the birth of her daughter, descriptions of the city itself do not often make their way onto the page. However, Tiny does often imagine alternate lives in the city, or remember episodes from her previous life outside the confines of her Sacramento home.

Tiny's House

Tiny's home is located in Sacramento, California. Throughout the novel, Tiny is often preoccupied with the messiness of her home. The dishes in the sink are often piling up. The floors are often in need of cleaning. She regards "housekeeping [as] nothing more than a losing encounter with entropy" (4). Therefore, after she gives birth, she begins to ignore her housecleaning responsibilities. After she brings Chouette home from the hospital, Tiny's life at the house does...