f the traditional role of women in a few aspects, she has two jobs, basically runs the household, brings in most of the income. In other aspects she does not have a possessive husband, in fact her husband never even carries on a conversation with her. He keeps to himself and never lets her in. The author is female; again this makes a difference because the female role is pivotal. She is in charge, she is strong-willed and not just the feeble female, granting her husbands wishes and desires.The end of the book was quite dismal. Sian’s husband shoots himself in the arm; Charles hits a sheet of ice driving from the post office “the railing gives with ease, splintering into a thousand bits of wood. The Cadillac sails in a magnificent arc, a graceful arc, out towards Portugal.”(236) And so is the end of his life. “Timing is everything.”(236)The narrator is Sian but at times it takes on a third person he/she tome. Mostly it is Sian who is telling the story. Her point of view is used because in the end there is no one left to tell it. At other times it is omniscient. It is this way to show Charles inner thoughts that Sian could not have had access to.I enjoyed this work of hers but to be quite honest I read it the same day I finished Strange Fits of Passion. That book was so good and it was still on my mind when I was reading Where or When that it took away from the story. By the time I got to the end I realized how good the story really was. Lots of times when I just finish a book I analyze the characters and contemplate what I would have done in a situation such as that. I feel sympathy and the other emotions that the person in this situation might be feeling. If it is a good book I become completely submerged in it. I can sit for hours until it is finished and then feel vacant because I wish that it could continue. This book raised the question in my mind about how you truly ever know that you are in love with...
