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Mrs. Johnson is Marie Johnson’s mother and Mr. Johnson’s wife. When Margaret visits to apologize for the role her poem played in Marie’s death, Mrs. Johnson invites her in, recognizing Margaret as a fellow grieving mother. She shares stories of Marie, inspiring Margaret’s years-long project of collecting the stories of separated families.
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Mrs. Johnson Character Timeline in Our Missing Hearts
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Part 2, Chapter 3
...to Philadelphia to apologize to Marie’s parents. On their doorstep, she tells Mr. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson who she is, that she is being hunted, that she never meant for her poems...
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Mrs. Johnson invites Margaret in, though Mr. Johnson disapproves. She shows Margaret Marie’s high school photos and...
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