Turk's maternal grandfather. He was a hardened war veteran who never liked Turk's father and believed that Turk's parents were raising him to be soft. When Turk and Turk's mother moved in with him not long after Tanner's death, Gramps took it upon himself to "harden" Turk, stoke his anger, and teach him to fight. He died suddenly when Turk was fifteen.
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Gramps Character Timeline in Small Great Things
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Chapter 3, Turk
...mother turned to alcohol. Not long after she lost her job, they moved in with Gramps. Gramps was a veteran who thought that Turk's parents were raising him to be soft,...
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Gramps died suddenly when Turk was fifteen, so Turk turned to crime. While working at a...
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