The novel focuses particularly on the women—Celia del Pino, her daughters Lourdes and Felicia, and her granddaughter Pilar. While most of the novel is written in the third person, some sections are written in the first person and other sections are epistolary.
The novel focuses mainly on the female figures—Celia del Pino, her daughters Lourdes and Felicia, and her granddaughter Pilar. The majority of the narrative is told in the third person, but it also incorporates sections written from a personal viewpoint and those composed of correspondence.