Last modified on Wed 23 Dec 2020 04.02 EST Tamara is on her way to kill her mother and sheâs bringing her female ancestors with her, a Greek chorus consisting of âfragments, un-unified, unstable entities colliding under the swirling universeâ. It is they who narrate the lives of The Sound Mirrorâs three linked female characters: Tamara, Ada and Claire. How exactly these women relate to each other is the central mystery. The communal voice could be jarring, but Heidi James keeps the ancestors to a close third person that renders their occasional comments on the action the ...