Dec 22, 2009

Virtuous Woman, a | Techniques

Gibbons presents Ruby's and Jack's stories through alternating chapters of first person narration which explain their lives from the perspective of different times and from varying points of view. Her novel explores why events happen instead of focusing on plot development, as the narrators shift from explanations of their childhood and young adult years then their experiences as adults. Sometimes this seems like a continuous loop of thoughts that can be stopped and examined at any point. Most of Gibbons's books are reminiscent of oral histories, such as those collected by 1930s Works...