Hortense is Clara’s mother and Irie’s grandmother, daughter to Ambrosia and born in the midst of the 1907 Kingston, Jamaica earthquake. Hortense is a strict woman and a devout Jehovah’s Witness who believes that the end of the world is fast approaching. She spars with Clara about her marriage to Archie Jones and her lack of piety, but she has a soft spot for Irie, who lives with her for several months. She also forms a close bond with Clara’s first boyfriend, Ryan Topps, who becomes a Jehovah’s Witness and eventually lives with and cares for Hortense.
Hortense Bowden Quotes in White Teeth
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Chapter 2
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Yet a residue, left over from the evaporation of Clara’s faith, remained. She still wished for a savior. She still wished for a man to whisk her away, to choose her above others so that she might walk in white with Him: for [she] was worthy. Revelation 3:4.
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Hortense Bowden Quotes in White Teeth
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Chapter 2
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Yet a residue, left over from the evaporation of Clara’s faith, remained. She still wished for a savior. She still wished for a man to whisk her away, to choose her above others so that she might walk in white with Him: for [she] was worthy. Revelation 3:4.
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