The arctic explorer who Ro is writing about is always called by her name, which is Eivor Minervudottir. The other three contemporary characters and their labels are as follows: Susan, who is the wife, Mattie, known as the daughter, and Gin, who is called the mender. Ro is referred to as the biographer in her sections, which are all titled "The Biographer." The other narrators only refer to her by her name when discussing her in their own sections. These labels are also the titles of their respective sections. The four contemporary characters all have names, but are referred to by specific labels in their own sections.
The novel jumps back and forth between these five different perspectives, and each section from a contemporary narrator's point of view is sandwiched by excerpts from Ro's biography on the polar explorer. Four of the narrators are living at the same time in the same coastal Oregon town, while the fourth is a nineenth century arctic explorer, and the subject of a biography one of the narrators - Ro - is writing. Red Clocks, by Leni Zumas, is told from the perspectives of five different women.
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