Lianne Glenn

Lianne is the wife of Keith, the survivor of the 9/11 attacks. She is 38 years old as the novel begins and has been separated from Keith for a while, living alone with their son, Justin. She works as a freelance editor of books and is assigned different tasks by Carol Shoup, the executive editor of the publishing house and a friend of hers. Lianne’s outer appearance is only sparsely described: "She was darkish […] with large eyes and wide mouth […]" (p. 129, ll. 24-25, ch. 7)[1].

Lianne’s quiet everyday life with Justin is disturbed when Keith suddenly shows up at her doorstep covered in ashes and blood.

Relationship with Keith

Lianne and Keith have met eight years before the actions of the novel begin. They were very much in love and could hardly keep their hands off each other: "Sex was everywhere at first […]" (p.7, l. 2, ch. 2)....