Tom’s wife. Traumatized by a teenage abortion that leaves her sterile, she suffers from severe delusions later in life, leading to the baby-napping incident.
A skeptical, 16-year-old student who challenges Tom on the relevance of studying history in an age threatened by nuclear annihilation. Waterland
The novel contrasts the need to live in the immediate moment (Price's perspective) with the necessity of remembering (Tom's perspective). Tom’s wife