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Dottie Rogers
Wendy is Ruth’s best friend since childhood. In many respects, Wendy is Ruth’s opposite: she is extroverted, loud, confident, and self-assured, and she isn’t shy about confronting her husband, Joe, about things that bother her about their relationship. Ruth loves her unafraid friend for pushing her to do things she would otherwise avoid. For example, Wendy convinces Ruth to attend the yoga class where Ruth first meets Art.
Wendy Quotes in The Bonesetter’s Daughter
The The Bonesetter’s Daughter quotes below are all either spoken by Wendy or refer to Wendy. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part One: Chapter Two Quotes
To Ruth, however, the counting was practical, not compulsive; it had to do with remembering things, not warding off some superstitious nonsense.
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Wendy Character Timeline in The Bonesetter’s Daughter
The timeline below shows where the character Wendy appears in The Bonesetter’s Daughter. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part One: Chapter One
...phone call. Ruth picks up the phone and hears the voice of her best friend, Wendy, who is crying. Ruth initially fears the worst—that Wendy is getting a divorce or dying....
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Ruth hangs up with Wendy and runs through the list of 10 things she has to do today, such as...
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...recalls how they’d met 10 years ago in a yoga class Ruth had attended with Wendy. In a flashback, Ruth notices a ring on Art’s right hand and assumes he is...
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Wendy eventually ditches the class, but Ruth remains enrolled, and she and Art start hanging out...
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...vulnerable. Ruth reflects on how meaningful her conversations with Art are. When she talks with Wendy, they mostly talk about what annoys them. But with Art, she talks about her hopes...
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...in the present, Ruth picks up Art’s dry cleaning. She remembers she has to call Wendy back and reflects on her friendship: they’ve known each other since they were six. Though...
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Part One: Chapter Three
...intimate life that Art and Miriam shared, though she never expresses her insecurities to Art. Wendy makes her husband, Joe, tell her everything about his past, but Ruth doesn’t feel comfortable...
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Part One: Chapter Four
...George is a nice but passive man who mostly follows Sally’s lead in social situations. Wendy and Joe arrive next, followed by Gideon, who is immaculately dressed and carrying a bouquet...
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Part One: Chapter Six
...squeal in embarrassment, thinking about eggs floating around inside their bodies. When the movie ends, Wendy asks the teacher how the supposed “miracle of life” begins in the first place. The...
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Walking home from school that day, Wendy, who is more worldly than Ruth, fills Ruth in on all the graphic details the...
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...a dinner knife one night, though she doesn’t draw any blood. Ruth finally confides in Wendy, who tells her she has to tell Lance—or Wendy will tell him herself. Ruth begins...
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That afternoon, Wendy accompanies Ruth to the bungalow. LuLing is still at work. Wendy enters the Rogers’ cottage...
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