Who is Liz from No Telephone to Heaven and what is their importance? No_Telephone_to_Heaven English & Literature Liz | No Telephone to Heaven

Liz is an older white academic whom Clare encounters during her studies in England. Her initially maternal compassion for Clare turns out to be a mask for even more racist attitudes of the sort Clare has become accustomed to. The encounter with Liz, however, turns out to be an important turning point in Clare's transformation, in that she realizes she can no longer let herself passively accept the racism-defined life into which she has moved herself.