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: Suffers from blackouts and severe childhood trauma. Olivia Ted's house cat; loves reading the Bible. Because the book is a slow-burn, many readers
The narrative is unreliable. The chapters shift between Ted, a woman named Dee (whose sister vanished), and the cat, Olivia. Ward plays with the reader’s perception so effectively that you will finish the book unsure of what was real and what was a coping mechanism.
The novel centers on an ordinary, boarded-up house at the end of a cul-de-sac in northern Washington. It is home to three main characters: