Who is Antha Marie Mayfair from The Witching Hour: A Novel and what is their importance? The_Witching_Hour_(novel) English & Literature Antha Marie Mayfair | The Witching Hour: A Novel

Antha is the eleventh witch in the Mayfair family. She sees her mother's murder as a child and has a very unhappy life being raised by her aunt Carlotta in the house where no repairs can be made. Ten years after her mother's death, Antha runs away to New York, getting involved with the writer and poet scene. She gets pregnant by Sean Lacy, a painter, who does not want the baby. He dies in a highway accident. Antha returns home in shame with Deidre as a baby. She jumps out of the attic window to get away from Carlotta, who has scratched out her eye. She dies when Deirdre is just a baby.