Point of View

The novel is written from an omniscient perspective, meaning the reader knows what most of the characters are thinking and feeling. There are some limitations, however, because the author does not provide insight into every characters' thoughts. For example, Carla spends a lot of time with Amy, Ran, and Gilda, including driving Gilda places. The reader seldom knows what Carla thinks about anything except when she has conversations and expresses her thoughts. The perspective sometimes changes as characters change. For example, Ran believe that Lorna was a terrible wife. His perspective has changed with time and because of Amy's influence so he now believes that Lorna was intelligent and ambitious, and that she was a bad wife because she was frustrated with her situation.

The omniscient perspective means the reader knows what most of the characters think, even when they do not express those thoughts...