The House in New Hampshire

The house in New Hampshire is the narrator's childhood home where Anna and her second husband move after they are married. It is also the place where the narrator lives with her aging mother as the narrator tells the story. The house has been rebuilt after it caught on fire when the narrator was seven years old. The narrator's old bedroom has become her sewing room, and the narrator's mother is remarkably able to travel through the house with precision even though she has lost her eyesight.

The Circus Tent

The circus tent is where the disaster that leads to Harold's death occurs. On a pleasant June afternoon, The Flying Avalons were performing their blindfold trapeze act as the fourth act in the circus. Without warning, a giant storm swept in and the large pole at the center of the tent was struck by...