What is the narrator point of view in the novel, The Other Mrs.?

This novel is told by four different narrators from two different points of view. Sadie is the central narrator. She narrates from the first-person point of view. Consider: “I try not to let it get the best of me as I drive home. I am a big girl; I can take care of this myself” (180). Sadie refers to herself as “I” and “me” indicating that she is writing about herself. Camille is another first-person narrator: “I was addicted. I couldn’t get enough of him. I watched him, I mirrored him” (131). Camille refers to herself in the first person as she describes how obsessed she was with Will. Will is another first-person narrator. Consider Will’s narration: “Until I get a good look at her, I never know who she is” (380). Like the other first-person narrators, Will refers to himself as “I” letting the reader know that Will is talking about himself.

Mouse is the only narrator who does not narrate from the first-person point of view. Mouse’s sections of narration are from the third-person point of view. Consider the quote: “Once upon a time there was a girl named Mouse. It wasn’t her real name, but for as long as the girl could remember, her father had called her that” (86). The narrator is not omniscient, his knowledge is limited to what Mouse knows. Mouse’s sections are written in the form of a fairy tale, as if a very young narrator, perhaps even Mouse herself is trying to tell her story. The third-person narration allows Mouse to stay distant from the abuse that she will describe as her story develops.