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Vivian is Misha’s wife. She listens to Misha (then called Jack) talking on a street corner in Philadelphia and begins bringing him food and taking him on dates. Then she offers to marry him. However, the marriage only lasts for five months because Misha’s traumatic memories of the war make him difficult to live with. When Vivian leaves Misha, she is pregnant with Katherine.
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Vivian Character Timeline in Milkweed
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Chapter 44
...people write Misha off as crazy. But then, one cold November day, a woman named Vivian stops and listens to him on a street corner. Soon, she comes every day and...
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...until he’s blue, steals fruit, has nightmares, and laughs and cries at inappropriate times. When Vivian finally leaves, Misha suspects that she’s pregnant.
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