Miss Pansy Price is a woman who lives in the town of Barkley Cove. When Kya is a child, she hears Miss Pansy Price refer to her as “swamp trash.” Despite this insensitivity, though, Miss Pansy Price later visits Sheriff Jackson to tell him that she saw Kya board a bus two days before Chase Andrews’s murder and return the day after, thereby going out of her way to corroborate Kya’s alibi.
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Miss Pansy Price Character Timeline in Where the Crawdads Sing
The timeline below shows where the character Miss Pansy Price appears in Where the Crawdads Sing. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 2. Jodie: 1952
...Suddenly, three boys almost hit her on their bikes, speeding by until a woman named Miss Pansy Price yells at their ringleader, Chase Andrews, for biking on the sidewalk. Instead of scolding them...
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Chapter 8. Negative Data: 1969
...to the many rumors about Chase’s death. As they wait for their food, they hear Miss Pansy Price speculate that the person who killed Chase must have been the woman who lives in...
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Chapter 32. Alibi: 1969
...her boat toward the fire tower on the very night of Chase’s death. And yet, Miss Pansy Price visits the police station and tells them that she and her coworkers at a local...
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