Betty Wishkob is Linda’s adoptive mother, who decided to take Linda home after Grace and George Lark abandoned her because of her birth defect. Betty was a loving and patient mother who worked hard to try to reshape Linda’s misshapen head and limbs. Although Betty was extremely devoted to her daughter, she had a temper and could say mean things when she was mad. Betty dies before the events of the novel take place, leaving Linda her house.
Betty Wishkob Quotes in The Round House
The The Round House quotes below are all either spoken by Betty Wishkob or refer to Betty Wishkob. 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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Note: all page numbers and citation info for the quotes below refer to the Harper Perennial edition of The Round House published in 2013.
Chapter 6
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The welfare stole me from Betty and I was alone in the whiteness.
Related Characters:
Linda Lark (speaker), Linden Lark, Betty Wishkob
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Betty Wishkob Character Timeline in The Round House
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Chapter Three: Justice
...twins Linden and Linda were born, they gave Linda up because of a birth defect. Betty Wishkob, a Chippewa woman, raised Linda instead.
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Chapter Six: Datalore
That night, Betty Wishkob, a janitor at the hospital, held Linda, molding her deformed head with her hand...
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...loving. Despite this, though, there were some problems: Linda’s foster father was an alcoholic and Betty had a temper problem. Linda recounts how her sister Sheryl once accidentally broke one of...
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After Betty and George Wishkob died, Linda lived in their house alone. One night, Linda received a...
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Chapter Ten: Skin of Evil
Linda explains that she decided to celebrate the day that Betty was given custody of her after she was taken away by social workers for the...
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