Point of View

This novel is narrated in the first person by Quinn. Consider the first sentence of the novel: “The doorman didn’t smile at me” (1). Quinn refers to herself as “me” a first-person pronoun indicating that she is telling the story from her point of view. This point of view is limiting and biased. Quinn is able to record only her thoughts and emotions. What other characters are thinking is gleaned only through what they say and the impressions Quinn has of them. Quinn also filters her experiences through her thoughts and beliefs. Because she believes she is a failure because she cannot have children, she infers that other people believe she is a failure for that same reason.

Quinn’s point of view is significant in this novel because no one is impacted by infertility issues like an infertile woman. As she tells Graham: “You...