Family Happiness (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Laurie Colwin
- First Published: 1982
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Love
- Time of Work: The late twentieth century
- Setting: New York City
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Domestic realism, Family literature
- Subjects: Family or family life, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Parents and children, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Self, New York City, Marriage, Guilt, Brothers and sisters, Adultery, Loneliness, Eccentrics or eccentricities
- Locales: New York, NY
Characters Discussed
Polly Solo-Miller Demarest, the main character, the only daughter of Henry Solo-Miller and his wife, Constanzia Hendricks, who is always called Wendy. Polly (whose real name is Dora) is the wife of Henry Demarest and mother of Pete (age nine) and Dee-Dee (age seven and a half). Polly, in her early thirties, is employed part-time as coordinator of research in reading projects and methods. She is a competent, devoted wife and mother as well as an amiable and accommodating daughter to her parents. She mediates between her two brothers. Polly has one other...
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