What is the narrator point of view in the novel, The Book of Harlan?

The Book of Harlan is written in third person point of view narrated by the author except for Chapter 27 which offers a description of Darlene's funeral from the first person point of view told by two women Lenore and Josephine. The discussion between the two women provide information on what occurred at the funeral as if the reader were eavesdropping on their visit with each other.