The matriarch of the Hanson family who manages household finances and guides her children through personal growth. She makes sacrifices for education, mediates family conflicts, and encourages Katrin's writing career, ultimately framing the narrative through her daughter's eyes.
Mama is Katrin's guiding and emotionally supportive mother.
Mama sacrifices her heirloom brooch for Katrin's graduation gift and later encourages her writing.
Mama is Christine's mother within the close Hanson family.
Christine participates in the family's disputes over Katrin's graduation gift, and Mama remains the household mediator.
They are the married parents who manage the Hanson household together.
Mama prepares the weekly budget with Papa, and they share the family's financial responsibilities.
Mama protects Dagmar through illness and separation.
When Dagmar undergoes surgery for mastoiditis, Mama disguises herself as hospital staff to sing to her daughter.
Mama supports Nels's education despite the family's limited finances.
Mama and the family make financial sacrifices so Nels can attend high school.
Uncle Chris is an older relative whose death affects Mama and Katrin.
The plot identifies Uncle Chris as Mama's uncle, and Mama visits him when he is near death.
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