Broken Country
Broken CountryClare Leslie Hall
Characters in Broken Country
6 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Beth Johnson
A farmer's wife in Dorset and the novel's narrator, pulled between her marriage to Frank and Gabriel Wolfe, the man she loved at seventeen.
Supporting characters
Gabriel Wolfe
Beth's first love, now a successful novelist, returned to the neighbouring estate after years away.
Frank (Broken Country)
Beth's husband, a sheep farmer: steady, reliable and devoted to the land and to her.
Leo (Broken Country)
Gabriel's young son, close in age to the boy Beth lost, and drawn to her.
Jimmy (Broken Country)
Frank's brother, who works the family farm alongside Beth and Frank.
Bobby (Broken Country)
Beth and Frank's son, who died at nine in an accident two years before the novel opens.