Point of View

The novel is told through third-person omniscient narration and does not vary from this perspective. The omniscient narration allows the reader to know the thoughts behind the actions of multiple characters in the novel. Primarily, however, the author chooses to focus on Laura and Eunice with both women driving their parallel stories. This offers a female-centric perspective that shows how these two women conduct their lives.

With two women at the forefront of the timelines, the reader becomes intimately invested in how the women react to events in their lives. Both women show commitment to men they are not intimately involved with. Eunice is in love with Bomber, who is gay, which is revealed later in the novel. At first, Eunice’s reluctance to act on her feelings appears to be rooted in her respect for boundaries between employer and employee. Over time, Eunice becomes...