# Aunt Nina — Giant’s Bread character guide

> Aunt Nina in Giant’s Bread by Agatha Christie.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Annie, Nina, Pretty Aunt Nina

**First appearance:** 0002-i

## Who they are

Vernon's lively and artistic aunt.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/giant_s_bread_se/chapters/ii)

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

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/giant_s_bread_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned as seeming to matter more after Nurse's reduced stature.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/giant_s_bread_se/chapters/i)

Visits Abbots Puissants, confides in Walter about her miserable marriage, smokes a cigarette, and warns Vernon about the Deyre curse.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/giant_s_bread_se/chapters/ii)

Discussed as having run off with two men and now destitute; her child Josephine is mentioned.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/giant_s_bread_se/chapters/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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