Nightbitch's House

Nightbitch's house is one of the novel's primary settings. The name of the town in which the house is located is never explicitly identified. Yet the atmosphere of the surrounding town suggests that Nightbitch, her husband and son, live in the American Midwest.

After Nightbitch quits her job at the gallery, she starts spending all of her time at home with her young son. Because her husband is almost perpetually away on business, Nightbitch's only source of human interaction is with her child. She spends her days at the house reading books, playing trains, watching cartoons, putting her son to sleep, and cleaning. The more entrapping motherhood feels, the more desperate Nightbitch becomes to get out of the house. Yet leaving this space does not always resolve her internal turmoil.

Park

The park is one of the places Nightbitch takes her son in order to get out...