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Book cover of Tant mieux
Tant mieuxAmélie Nothomb

Characters in Tant mieux

2 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Adrienne

    Nothomb's mother as a four-year-old in wartime Ghent; the child who invented 'tant mieux' as a survival strategy.

Antagonists

  • Bonne-Maman de Gand

    The maternal grandmother who takes Adrienne in and runs her household as a regime of discipline and deprivation.