The characters / Recurring character
Gabrielle Deschain
Gabrielle Deschain is recorded in 3 distinct storys.
Roland’s mother Gabrielle is tied to his childhood, her relationship with Marten and the family mourning after her death.
Stories and supporting passages
The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
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… and downcast eyes as she sat in her low-back chair told the boy he was the last person in the world Gabrielle Deschain wanted to see just then. The flush on her cheek and the love-bite on the side of her neck told him everything else. Thus had he been goaded by Marten …
Roland sees Gabrielle seated with downcast eyes and the signs of her affair.
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
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… own and live forever in that fairy-tale kingdom called the All-A-Glow; and how she sang to him, how Gabrielle Deschain sang to her little boy with his big eyes looking solemnly up at her from his pillow and his face already stamped with the many swimming colors of his …
Roland’s memory depicts Gabrielle singing to him as a little boy.
The Wind Through the Keyhole
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The women wore black nets on their hair. This would go on until Gabrielle Deschain was six months in her tomb. I saluted him, fist to forehead. He didn’t look up from the papers on his desk, but I knew he saw it.
The narrative describes the mourning period following Gabrielle’s death.