How does the brings out the thoughts and feelings of the narrator?

Much of the book is from Adeline's point of view. We get to know her very well. This autobiographical account is written from her own recollections of that period. In writing her story, Adeline effectively balanced the account between the emotional and physical abuse she suffered at the hands of her stepmother with the unyielding support she felt from her Aunt Baba, who raised her, and her grandfather, Ye Ye.