# Susie Thatcher — Manhattan Transfer character guide

> Susie Thatcher in Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Susie, Poor Susie, Thatcher, Susie Thatcher

**First appearance:** 0000-section-i

## Who they are

Ellen's younger sister, who dies young.

## In the story

### [I: Ferryslip](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/manhattan_transfer_se/chapters/i-ferryslip)

Ed Thatcher's wife, who has just given birth to Ellen; she is in the hospital and is described as 'poor Susie.'

### [II: Metropolis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/manhattan_transfer_se/chapters/ii-metropolis)

Lies ill in bed, overhears neighbors, and frets over her husband's absence.

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