What do the three narrators have in common? In what ways are they different? How do the alternating narrators affect tension and the delivery of the story?

Why is it significant that James is a husband and father? How does this characterization add complexity to the plot? Would the significance have been the same if he had young sons rather than daughters?

How does April’s characterization change over the course of the novel, and how do the other women initially view her? What does this say about assumptions and judgments regarding women, even if this is dealt from other women?