Narrator and point of view

The short story “The Fabulous Button Sisters” by Sarah Salway is a first-person account of a character-narrator, Karen.

The narrative is done following the main events which might mean that – at the time of the narration – the storyteller is already a grown-up woman. However, she confines herself to the point of view of teenage Karen and her limited knowledge of the events.

Karen does not know Michelle is lying about her mother being in Hollywood or about the girl’s change of mind regarding her pa...