What Night Brings takes place during the era of the Vietnam War. How does this specific setting enhance the story?

Food, especially in the context of Marci’s family dinners and her garden, is a recurring theme throughout What Night Brings. How does the family’s relationship to food change through the novel? How does that reflect the changes Marci and her family experience?

In the climax of What Night Brings, it is Corin who ultimately frees Marci and herself from Eddie. How did Trujillo foreshadow this? How did Marci’s growth as the novel’s protagonist make Corin’s choice possible?