This Tender Land

This Tender Land

by

William Kent Krueger

Mrs. Sarah Schofield Character Analysis

Sarah Schofield is a woman living in the shantytown of Hopersville along the Minnesota River. She is Powell Schofield’s wife, Maybeth’s mother, and Mother Beal’s daughter. Mrs. Schofield is resigned to her husband’s struggle with alcoholism, and her ability to love him through his weakness is a powerful example of forgiveness.

Mrs. Sarah Schofield Quotes in This Tender Land

The This Tender Land quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Sarah Schofield or refer to Mrs. Sarah Schofield. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 38 Quotes

We played some tunes together. My repertoire was broader than his, but we knew a few of the same melodies, and as we played, folks came away from their own little places and gathered around the fire. And a kind of miracle happened, or what I thought of then as a miracle. One man brought out a sack of ginger cookies and passed them around to children who were there. Someone else offered up a jug of cider. Apple slices appeared and some cheese and bread. And while Captain Gray and I played, and a few of the folks who knew the tunes sang along, the people in the gathering, none of whom had much, found a way to feed one another.

Related Characters: Odysseus “Odie” O’Banion (speaker), Maybeth Schofield, Mr. Powell Schofield, Mrs. Sarah Schofield, Mother Beal, Captain Bob Gray
Related Symbols: Harmonica
Page Number: 285-286
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Mrs. Sarah Schofield Quotes in This Tender Land

The This Tender Land quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Sarah Schofield or refer to Mrs. Sarah Schofield. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Family, Community, and Home Theme Icon
).
Chapter 38 Quotes

We played some tunes together. My repertoire was broader than his, but we knew a few of the same melodies, and as we played, folks came away from their own little places and gathered around the fire. And a kind of miracle happened, or what I thought of then as a miracle. One man brought out a sack of ginger cookies and passed them around to children who were there. Someone else offered up a jug of cider. Apple slices appeared and some cheese and bread. And while Captain Gray and I played, and a few of the folks who knew the tunes sang along, the people in the gathering, none of whom had much, found a way to feed one another.

Related Characters: Odysseus “Odie” O’Banion (speaker), Maybeth Schofield, Mr. Powell Schofield, Mrs. Sarah Schofield, Mother Beal, Captain Bob Gray
Related Symbols: Harmonica
Page Number: 285-286
Explanation and Analysis: