Who is Clydie Greatlow from Jayber Crow: A Novel and what is their importance? Jayber_Crow English & Literature Clydie Greatlow | Jayber Crow: A Novel

Clydie is a waitress who has a casual affair with Jayber Crow. She and Jayber go to movies and dances together, and he sleeps with her at her home that she shares with her mother and aunt. She has another love interest, but the two do not discuss it, and they enjoy one another's company in Hargraves for quite some time. At the Christmas dance when Jayber sees Troy Chatham cheating on Mattie with another woman, he realizes that he cannot love two women, and that he is deeply committed to Mattie. He ends his relationship with Clydie by leaving her a note on his car, which he gives to her. She is a good friend to him, but he is not in love with her.