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Fenn
Daisy is Gail’s friend, Fenn’s wife, and the mother of Keira and their other children. She grew up on the property she and Fenn live on, which they inherited from her father; Daisy intends to use the land for biodynamic farming. Daisy, who knows about Gail’s affair, advises Gail on what to do and tells her about her own difficulties with Fenn; when he confessed his affair to her, she destroyed his model plane collection in rage, but they were able to successfully mend their relationship.
Daisy Quotes in The Turning
The The Turning quotes below are all either spoken by Daisy or refer to Daisy. 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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Defender Quotes
Do you realize that every vivid experience in your life comes from your adolescence? You should hear yourself talk. You’re trapped in it Nothing you do now holds your attention like the past. Not me, not even your work, these days. I feel like I’m getting less real to you by the day, that I’m just part of some long, faded epilogue to your real life. Last year I put up with it. It was lonely, Vic, but now it’s worse. Shingles, twice in two months. That’s a physical breakdown. How long before you cave in altogether?
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Daisy Character Timeline in The Turning
The timeline below shows where the character Daisy appears in The Turning. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Defender
Vic and Gail arrive at their destination: Gail’s friends Fenn and Daisy’s farmhouse. Fenn, a large, exuberant man, is washing their children with a hose. Daisy comes...
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After Vic leaves, Fenn goes back to the children and Daisy and Gail sit and converse. Gail is seeing a female priest at the Anglican church....
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...lies in bed, still mulling over the financial precarity he believes must underscore Fenn and Daisy’s beautiful home. He also considers Gail’s revelation; the fact that she told her friends before...
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...make things worse. Lost in thought, he screams in surprise at one of Fenn and Daisy’s children, who falls and starts to cry. Vic quickly apologizes and takes her hand to...
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Reaching the bottom of the ridge, Vic meets Daisy and Gail. Daisy takes Keira, and Vic and Gail are left alone. Vic asks Gail...
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...gets hurt in skeet shooting. Fenn shoots first and misses; he is a bad shot. Daisy and Gail go inside, and they discuss Gail and Vic’s conversation. Fenn cheated on Daisy...
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