The characters / Recurring character
Annie Pangborn
Annie Pangborn is recorded in 2 distinct stories.
Reveal identity notes · spoilers
Alan Pangborn’s domestic partner Annie, who works for Polly Chalmers, is the Annie recalled in Alan’s grief and headache memories in Needful Things. Alan’s deceased wife is mentioned with their younger child. Her personal name is not supplied here; the existing Annie Pangborn identity is retained.
Stories and supporting passages
Needful Things
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Sheriff Pangborn’s still mourning his wife and younger child, who died untimely, and it was a sure-enough tragedy, but he’ll get over it in time.
Alan’s deceased wife is mentioned with their younger child. Her personal name is not supplied here; the existing Annie Pangborn identity is retained.
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Alan remembers Annie’s headaches and the family’s Anacin bottle while revisiting his guilt about her.
The Dark Half
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“I’ve seen him around town, and his wife comes into the shop once in awhile, but I’ve never spoken to him.” The shop was You Sew and Sew, owned and operated by a woman named Polly Chalmers. Annie Pangborn had worked there part-time for four years. Alan thought about it.
Annie brings milk and talks with Alan about Beaumont and Polly’s sewing shop.