Lila's House

Lila’s house is the center of the novel because it is where most of the characters live for at least some time. When the novel opens, she lives there with Violet, Celie, and Bill, but shortly after the novel opens, Gene comes to live with them. The house is frequently in disrepair as Dan and Lila bought it as a fixer upper, but it is a large house that Lila and her daughters are all attached to. Jensen, at Bill’s bequest, establishes a memorial garden out back for Francesca.

Violet's School

Lila frequently feels uncomfortable at Violet’s school because there are a lot of gossipy moms there. She meets Gabriel there, however, and starts to look forward to seeing him. Jessie’s child also goes to the school, and they run into each other there and decide to go get coffee when Lila realizes...