Lenoreįrank and Cee's imposing and often cruel grandmother. She works hard to support her family but is often distant from the children. He dies not long after Ida does, when Cee is a teenager. He works hard to support his family but is often distant from the children. He invites Frank to stay the night at his home and helps him shop the next day to buy clothes and shoes.

Billy WatsonĪ friendly man whom Frank meets in Chicago at Booker's restaurant. Maynard gives Frank money and info on safe traveling. Reverend Jesse MaynardĪ contemptuous but helpful reverend to whom Locke sends Frank. They all signed up to fight in Korea, and the two of them died there. Mike and Stuffįrank's two childhood best friends. He gives Frank money, food, a place to sleep, and help figuring out the rest of his journey to rescue Cee. Reverend John LockeĪ solicitous and affable reverend who helps Frank out when he escapes from the institution. She is initially impressed by his willingness to help women, especially poor women and Black women, but eventually he begins to conduct experiments on her in his research into 'wombs.' Looking at his bookshelf, she also sees that he is interested in something called 'eugenics' and race, but does not know what it means.

Following this, Cee becomes physically and mentally stronger, learning to value herself and take care of herself. She almost dies but Frank rescues her, and she is nursed back to health by the women of Lotus. She loves the work and the beautiful house at first, but the doctor begins experimenting on her for his studies on eugenics and fertility. She tries to get her life together when she takes a job at Dr. Frank protected her from the world as best he could, but when he left for Korea she fell in love with a louche young man who eventually abandoned her. The two of them were extremely close growing up, especially as they really only had each other in the face of distant parents and a cruel grandmother. By the end of the novel, he has experienced a degree of healing. He rescues Cee and brings her back there, and starts to confront who he is and what he wants.

Much of the novel is his grappling with his memories of what happened in Korea, the slow erosion of the relationship with a woman named Lily, and his complicated relationship with his hometown of Lotus.

In one such episode, he finds himself institutionalized but he knows he had to get out to get to his younger sister, Cee. He often experiences spells of deep panic. Frank's service in the Korean War left him subject to intense emotions and PTSD. Frank is a young man, only 24 years of age, and already a veteran.

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