Bailey’s wife, who is never named, is described as having a face “as broad and innocent as a cabbage.” She is John Wesley and June Star’s mother, and the Grandmother’s daughter-in-law. For most of the story, she goes along with whatever the rest of the family is doing. Like the rest of her family, she eventually is executed by the Misfit and his henchmen.
Bailey’s Wife (the Mother) Quotes in A Good Man is Hard to Find
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A Good Man is Hard to Find
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“You all ought to take them somewhere else for a change so they would see different parts of the world and be broad. They never have been to East Tennessee.”
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Bailey’s Wife (the Mother) Quotes in A Good Man is Hard to Find
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A Good Man is Hard to Find
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“You all ought to take them somewhere else for a change so they would see different parts of the world and be broad. They never have been to East Tennessee.”
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