How is Lorrie Geiger described in the novel, What Comes After?

Lorrie is described as a well-meaning, benevolent woman, who has suffered great trauma as a result of her husband's abuse. This trauma is compounded by her son's murder confession and suicide. She seems to cower in the presence of others, though her attempts to forge on for the sake of her daughter Nells is laudable. She is described as fierce yet small, with hard edges. She is taciturn like Isaac, and tried to protect her children from Roy's wrath. She somehow manages to get Nells free from Roy's grasp on the night of his suicide, yet she has suffered his abuse of her. Given her life of abuse, she appears with "the muscles of her face and hands tensed as if in battle" (184). Yet she soldiers on despite her grief and loss, and builds a bond with Evangeline.