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Fenn is Gail’s friend, Daisy’s husband, and the father of Keira and their other children. A large, redheaded, bearded man, Fenn is kind-natured, talented veterinarian, but he is also “alarmingly impractical,” and Vic worries about his ability to financially manage the property he and Daisy live on. In the past, Fenn cheated on Daisy, but he confessed to her, and they have since mended their relationship. Fenn was also aware of Gail’s affair before she told Vic.
Fenn Quotes in The Turning
The The Turning quotes below are all either spoken by Fenn or refer to Fenn. 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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Pull!
He led but did not fire. He thought of the boy lurking behind the curtain. The skeet hummed off into the twilight. It was important to know he could resist the urge.
Again? Called Fenn.
Yeah, said Vic. Pull.
He hit both targets and felt his face crease into a smile that tested every scab. This was different. It was strangely untroubling in its pointlessness. Fenn was right. Nothing got hurt.
He stood there firing until Keira went inside and the smell of roasting lamb wafted across the grass. He blasted away, pull after pull after pull, until he was covered in sweat and they were out of ammo and he realized that darkness had fallen around him and he was happy.
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Fenn Character Timeline in The Turning
The timeline below shows where the character Fenn 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....
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After Vic leaves, Fenn goes back to the children and Daisy and Gail sit and converse. Gail is seeing...
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Vic 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...
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...himself would 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...
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Back at the house, Fenn has set up a skeet trap and invites Vic and Gail to shoot. Vic admits...
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Vic reloads the shotgun and asks Fenn if he can keep shooting; Fenn encourages him to do so. Keira watches Vic closely...
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