The Suicide’s Wife (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: David Madden
- First Published: 1978
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: 1968, from the time of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s, assassination to Robert Kennedy’s assassination
- Setting: San Francisco, West Virginia
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, 1960’s, Self-discovery, Mothers, Parents and children, Suicide, San Francisco, Widows or widowers
- Locales: West Virginia, San Francisco, WV
Characters Discussed
Ann Harrington, the protagonist, a housewife and mother of three small children. Having grown up in a Polish ghetto in Pittsburgh, Ann attended college only after being urged repeatedly to do so by her high school home economics teacher. At the University of Pittsburgh, she met and later married Wayne Harrington, her English professor. After Wayne commits suicide during a visit to his vacant family home in upstate New York, Ann returns to San Francisco, West Virginia, fearing that Wayne has abandoned her. When the news of his death reaches Ann, she finds...
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