"One Sunday afternoon in Blue Mountain - your mother received - seventeen!- gentlemen callers! Why, sometimes there weren't chairs enough to accommodate them all." p. 1238
Even though there are really only three main characters in the story, they are really the only ones needed to bring the story to life. This is due partly to Amanda being such a dynamic character. On one hand, she is a sweet, caring mother who will do anything for her children. This is demonstrated by her waking Tom up in the morning and by her trying to get Laura some "callers". However, I think she can be a bit controlling and overemotional. For example, she refuses to speak to Tom when he upsets her and she made Laura too scared/ashamed to admit that she had dropped out of school. And, as the character information states, she is living in an unreal world. She dwells on the past and almost refuses to look into the present or the future. She holds onto her kids too tightly and doesn't really get over her husband that left her.
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