Who is Ivy from Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch and what is their importance? Big_Sur_and_the_Oranges_of_Hieronymus_Bosch English & Literature Ivy | Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch

An attractive but emotionally disturbed mother of two, Ivy offers to care for Henry Miller's two children when his wife leaves him, in exchange for room and board. She quits after 12 hours because the children are impossible. During trips to town for supplies, Walter Winslow and Ivy become lovers and she moves into his unlivable studio for the winter, never helping out except to polish the stove. Considering her a traitor, Miller avoids Ivy.