Penny’s ex-husband, Cady’s father, and a professor of military history. He abandons his wife and child for another woman, which Cady considers a major betrayal of her family. She spends one summer with her father, in Europe, the year after her accident—but the two are not close, and Cady has a terrible time and regrets going in the first place.
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Mr. Eastman / Cady’s Father Character Timeline in We Were Liars
The timeline below shows where the character Mr. Eastman / Cady’s Father appears in We Were Liars. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 1: Welcome
...her mother and their three dogs in Burlington, Vermont. The summer she is fifteen, her father leaves them for another woman, announcing as he leaves that he could no longer bear...
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Cady and her mother, Penny, pack up all the belongings that remind them of Cady’s father and get rid of them. Then they pack up and go to Beechwood, the private...
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The following year, Cady’s father leaves, and Cady and Penny are busy cleansing him from their lives, so they arrive...
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...and Gat are in the attic at Windemere—Penny’s house on the island—to go through Cady’s father’s possessions and get rid of them. They are sorting through books when Gat interrupts Cady...
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Cady’s father decides to take Cady to Europe the following summer: 10 weeks touring Scotland, France, Germany,...
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Part 2: Vermont
When she is eight years old, Cady’s father gives her a collection of fairy tales to read, and although they are from many...
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Cady’s father wants to bring her to Australia and New Zealand for the following summer, but Cady...
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Part 3: Summer Seventeen
...want to hold on to that one. Annoyed, Cady reminds her mother that when her father left, Penny got rid of all of his things, leaving no trace of him in...
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