Juice. Part One.

Juice.  The first half of the book is a bit different from most fiction readings.  I got a little lost in each part of the book.  The first part made sense.  The way it started it out I thought that the main character was a girl.  Yet, as the novel continues, I was starting to be convinced that it was a boy.  So on the gender note, I have no idea.
Then, the book keeps referring to a 'crisis'.  The 'crisis' at first presented itself as a major event the took out all of the town and the remaining townspeople which allowed for the character to deal with loneliness. But, in Proportion Surviving on page 27, the character references a 'second lover' which makes the book sounds like it is talks in present time.  After reading more, the entire book has the theme of loneliness regardless if they are present in a town with out townspeople.  Throughout the book, it seems like the character only refers to time in the context of talking about their past.
For instance, I did not know if they were talking about the past/present when referring to the Juice or fruit devastation of apples. It seemed like it was referring to the past and this is how they are dealing with it now.
The character also talks about other characters.  There's on line when talking about the dad and whether the main character should of worked with numbers because they are not a people person.
I honestly do not know what this book is talking about.  It jumps around and it's a little hard to break down.  But this is how much I could get from it.