Emma leech
Supporting character; Olive’s mother; in her late sixties; shrewd (particularly when it comes to money and judgement of character); protective of her daughter but in a way that often comes across as sharp and brusque instead of affectionate. While she is fiercely proud of her piano playing and happily participates in the ‘community singin’, she nevertheless goes through life ‘expecting the worst’ of the world (p.17).