Marian Turner

Marian Turner is a young nurse during the war. She cares for Robert when he is injured late in the novel, but the reader is introduced to her earlier. Via transcripts of interviews, an 80-year-old Marian gives accounts of what Robert was like as a young man, and of life during the war.

Biography
A nurse who looks over Robert after he was burned in the barn fire. She offers him an assisted suicide after taking pity on him, but Robert refuses.