The characters / Recurring character
Wendy Torrance
Wendy Torrance is recorded in 2 distinct storys.
Both novels identify Wendy as Danny’s mother and explicitly connect the family’s Overlook injuries and their subsequent life with Dick Hallorann. Doctor Sleep explicitly continues Wendy and son Danny's lives after the Overlook explosion in The Shining.
Stories and supporting passages
Doctor Sleep
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Only the child was unhurt. Physically, at least. 2 Wendy Torrance and her son received a settlement from the corporation that owned the Overlook. It wasn’t huge, but enough to get them by for the three years she was unable to work because of back injuries.
Doctor Sleep explicitly continues Wendy and son Danny's lives after the Overlook explosion in The Shining.
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
Only the child was unhurt. Physically, at least. 2 Wendy Torrance and her son received a settlement from the corporation that owned the Overlook. It wasn’t huge, but enough to get them by for the three years she was unable to work because of back injuries.
Reviewed narrative excerpt depicts this character in the story.
The Shining
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In the lobby of the Overlook, Wendy Torrance saw her son get into the passenger side of Hallorann’s car as the big black cook slid in behind the wheel. A sharp pang of fear struck her and she opened her mouth to tell Jack that Hallorann had not been lying about taking their son to Florida—there was a kidnaping afoot.
Doctor Sleep explicitly continues Wendy and son Danny's lives after the Overlook explosion in The Shining.
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Want to talk to you.” He slammed the trunk. In the lobby of the Overlook, Wendy Torrance saw her son get into the passenger side of Hallorann’s car as the big black cook slid in behind the wheel.
Reviewed narrative excerpt depicts this character in the story.