Giant’s Bread · Character

Aunt Nina

Vernon's lively and artistic aunt.

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Also known as Annie, Nina, Pretty Aunt Nina

First appearance: I

Aunt Nina shows up with force in II. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Father's sister, who plays the piano and inadvertently triggers an emotional response in Vernon, recognizing his sensitivity.

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II
Father's sister, who plays the piano and inadvertently triggers an emotional response in Vernon, recognizing his sensitivity.
III
Mentioned as seeming to matter more after Nurse's reduced stature.
I
Visits Abbots Puissants, confides in Walter about her miserable marriage, smokes a cigarette, and warns Vernon about the Deyre curse.
II
Discussed as having run off with two men and now destitute; her child Josephine is mentioned.
II
Deceased; remembered by Vernon as 'Pretty Aunt Nina' and by Joe as a mother who was often preoccupied with men.

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