Who is Ann Benedetto from Black and Blue: A Novel and what is their importance? Black-and-Blue-(novel) English & Literature Ann Benedetto | Black and Blue: A Novel

Ann Benedetto is Bobby's mother. She is very unpleasant to Bobby's wife and unwilling to share her only child with another woman. Over the years, Frannie accepts being second best, and even drums up the courage to ask her mother-in-law if she'd ever been beaten by Bobby's father. Anee doesn't need to answer, as Frannie sees the truth in her face.