Narrator and point of view
“Eastmouth” by Alison Moore is narrated from a third-person, limited point of view by a narrator who mainly adapts the perspective of the protagonist, Sonia.
The narrator follows Sonia’s perspective and conveys her thoughts on the setting and the events: “She finally drops off in the early hours before being woken at dawn by what she thinks is the sound of babies crying, but it is only the gulls. She finds the noise depressing” (ll. 69-71). The use of Sonia’s point of view is also suggested by the narrator’s observations such as “thinks Sonia” (l. 8); “Sonia supposes” (ll. 46-47), etc.
When it comes to the other characters, the narrator in some ways seems to have the same level of knowledge as Sonia:
Sonia, in the bathroom, doing up the belt of her jeans, can hear Peter's mother talking on the phone at the bottom of the stairs....