#e is for

Enayd No-Name (yes, she is literally called ‘No-Name’, it’s a whole thing, don’t worry about it.)

Enayd is in many ways the protagonist of the novel, though the story is split between three key women. She is the catalyst of the action, the first - and only - first-person voice we meet, and she represents the struggle to find the balance between home and identity.

Wrapped up in the character of Enayd (whose name literally means ‘soul’ in the Old Tongue) is the idea of forging your own identity - whether you ever truly can, or whether your identity will always, in part, be created by the people around you and how they react to you.