Who is Peter Lessing from Under My Skin and what is their importance? Under_My_Skin_(book) English & Literature Peter Lessing | Under My Skin

Peter is the son of Doris and Gottfried Lessing. At the end of the book, which covers the life of Doris from birth to 1949, he is a young child who lives with his mother. Gottfried arranges for Peter to come to Germany for a visit when the boy is young, but once Gottfried begins rising in East German politics, he no longer is interested in his son.