The characters / Recurring character
Frankie Hartsfield
Frankie Hartsfield is recorded in 2 distinct storys.
Brady's actual younger brother remembered in the family's difficulties; distinct from Frank Mitchell. Deborah's other son, whose childhood death Brady remembers.
Also recorded as Frankie.
Stories and supporting passages
End of Watch
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
Once she’d had another son, Frankie, but Frankie was no genius. Frankie was brain-damaged. One evening when he was four years old, he fell down the cellar stairs and died of a broken neck. That was the story Deborah and Brady told, anyway. The truth was a little different.
Deborah's other son, whose childhood death Brady remembers.
Mr. Mercedes
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
Sometimes Brady would look at Frankie and think, You’re in the way. You’re in the way, Frankie, you’re in the fucking goddam shitass waaay. Sometimes—often—Brady hated the whole fucking goddam shitass world.
Brady's actual younger brother remembered in the family's difficulties; distinct from Frank Mitchell.