Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale

This is another one with an interesting structure; here, each chapter begins with the gallery notes on what is presumably an item in an exhibition, and the events in that chapter serve to illustrate or explain that particular item. There's a lot of jumping around through different times and places, which can be confusing at first, but as the book progresses a more complete picture emerges. 
The characters are not particularly distinctive , in my opinion, nor is the main character a particularly attractive one - in fact, she is downright irritating, but more sympathy is evoked from the reader as the book progresses, throwing light on the character's problems. My husband gave up on it, but what kept me reading was the desire to find out what happened as the jigsaw of events is pieced together. The ending is rather abrupt.