Klara Sr. is Gertie’s mother and Klara’s maternal grandmother, for whom she is named. When Klara is young, she discovers photos of Klara Sr. wearing a leotard while riding a horse and performing the Jaws of Life. Klara vows to live up to Klara Sr.’s name, and this is one of the reasons that she becomes so interested in magic. Later, Klara learns that Klara Sr. died performing the Jaws of Life in 1941.
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Klara Sr. Character Timeline in The Immortalists
The timeline below shows where the character Klara Sr. appears in The Immortalists. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Prologue
...Once, Klara and Varya snuck into Gertie’s bedroom and found old photos of their grandparents. Klara Sr. was pictured in a leotard—in one picture she rode a horse, and in another picture...
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Chapter 7
On Sundays, Klara and Simon have dinner together, and she shows him a picture of Klara Sr. in a burlesque show. She says that Klara Sr. arrived at Ellis Island in 1913...
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...goes on to say that Otto was killed in a riding accident in 1936, and Klara Sr. moved back to New York with Gertie. In 1941, she performed the Jaws of Life...
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