Eleni Reid
Written for readers who have finished Book 1.
Eleni Reid is Hannah's mother — a warm, formidable Greek-Australian matriarch and the engine of the Oakleigh family home. Devout in the ritual, belonging way of cultural Orthodoxy, she holds the family together with food, faith, and force of will. She carries one of the story's quiet questions: what happens to an inherited faith when the world finally puts it to the test.