Ann Patchett
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
It doesn't make any difference to me.
And Jonathan, being super friendly and curious, finally goes over to talk to him and discovers Daphne.
that it is Eddie Triplett, who had been Daphne's stepfather when she was nine.
She didn't recognize him.
He only recognizes her because she looks a little bit like her mother, who was his ex-wife.
It was a little more than a year because her mom dated Eddie for a while before they got married.
So he was in Daphne's life probably for more like two years, like seven to nine.
And Daphne just adored him.
He was everything to her.
she wanted to be.
He was bookish.
He was a books editor.
He wanted to be a writer.
She wanted to be a writer.
He took her seriously.
She just loved him.
And any time they got to spend any time together was a really happy time.
And then when Abigail's mother divorced Eddie, she didn't just divorce him, she banished him from their lives.