Who is Carron?

Carron is Belle's younger sister, who lives with her husband in the mountains in rural France. While Belle makes significantly more money than Carron, Carron is reaping the results of living a more intentional, well-balanced life, and is significantly happier and better-adjusted than her older sister. Belle, as the first-person narrator, has a difficult time grasping the concept that Carron could be happier than her, but with less money: "But I see her in this town with her healthy tribe of girls and her marriage that seems solid enough and I'm wondering, what's she faking?" (290). The emotionally stable environment that Carron helps provide when Belle, Bruce, and the kids visit them on a vacation allows Belle to maintain emotional equilibrium through the potentially trying stock market crash.