Point of View

This novel is told from the point of view of a limited third-person narrator. There are three different characters on whom the narrator focuses. These characters are Beatrice, Diana, and Daisy. Each chapter is labeled with a chapter number and the name of the character of focus in that chapter. The narrator’s knowledge is limited to the thoughts, emotions, and actions of each specific character. For instance, Diana’s sections focus entirely on what has happened to Diana and how she is reacting to it. For instance: “After that summer, Diana came back to a world that felt bleared and grease-streaked, gray and dingy, permanently corrupted” (101).

This point of view gives the reader the benefits of knowledge about each of the characters that the other characters do not possess. For instance, the reader knows that Diana is lying to Daisy about her job and...