# Mrs. Murphy — Pollyanna Grows Up character guide

> Mrs. Murphy in Pollyanna Grows Up by Eleanor H. Porter.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Murphy

**First appearance:** 0011-x-in-murphy-s-alley

## Who they are

Jerry's mother, a poor Irish widow in the tenements.

## In the story

### [Jamie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_grows_up_se/chapters/viii-jamie)

Referred to as 'mumsey' by Jamie. She took Jamie in after his father died and cares for him despite their poverty.

### [In Murphy's Alley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_grows_up_se/chapters/x-in-murphy-s-alley)

Jamie's caretaker, a twisted woman with rheumatism, who offers Mrs. Carew a chair and explains that Jamie's only possessions are a few books.

### [A Surprise for Mrs. Carew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_grows_up_se/chapters/xi-a-surprise-for-mrs-carew)

Listens tearfully as Mrs. Carew makes her offer; pleads with Jamie to reconsider.

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