Oona Lockhart

Oona Lockhart is the main character in Oona out of Order. She is on the brink of her nineteenth birthday when the reader meets her. The novel follows Oona's erratic leaps in time; while she remains young internally Oona jumps into a different year in her life every New Year's Eve. Each part in the novel explores Oona's experience in a new year.

Through the years must reconcile the death of her high school boyfriend Dale. She learns the pitfalls and benefits of dating through her relationships with Crosby, Edward, and Peter. Margarita Montimore divulges the details of Oona's romantic entanglements to symbolize her growth and shifting attitude toward time. Her relationships soften as she gets older symbolizing that she has stopped fighting against time and embracing the passing years as friend instead of foe.

As she matures, Oona's relationship with her mother, Madeleine, evolves. At the...