Lila

I loved this voice, more than Gilead. I appreciated the raw authenticity of the narrator's voice– even though I fortunately have not suffered her hardships, I could put myself in her shoes and feel as if I had traveled along the road with her. There was also constant tension as I worried she would leave the best thing that ever happened to her, and a lingering curiosity as to who her parents really were, and how Doll was related to/met her originally. But perhaps it was best left a mystery; it certainly was a complete story even without the missing parts and perhaps a better one because of it.