Tante Lorraine
Names: Tante LorraineLorraine
First appears in Book 1: Intervention, chapter 4 (3)
Appearances
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B2
B3
B4
What you know
Book 1: Intervention
- Ch 6Tante Lorraine is the kind but distracted foster mother of the twins, easily coerced by Don into giving kitchen treats.
- Ch 8Frail, white-haired wife of One' Louie, who cared for the sick cousins; they have seven children, six of whom moved away.
- Ch 12She raised Don and Rogi but lacked time for attention and was not a telepath; she died in late March 1967.
Connections
- family ofLouis Remillardmarried
- family ofDonfoster mother/aunt
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 6Failing grades and Don's blasphemy
One' Louie scolds the twins over failing grades. On the porch Don blames God for their minds; Rogi shuts him out and goes inside.
- Book 1 · Ch 8Remillard Christmas reunion and mumps
In 1961 the extended family gathers for Christmas. Seventeen days later the five young cousins get mumps; Rogatien develops severe bilateral orchitis.