Part 1, Chapter 6, The Story of Jesse, the Great Family, and the Talamasca Summary

This chapter introduces Jesse Reese, a red-haired mortal woman who was born prematurely in a car accident that killed her mother. She was identified by an aunt named Maharet who arranged for her to be adopted and raised by relatives. Jesse sees ghosts of people and even old buildings, and sees and talks to her dead mother, Miriam. She writes Aunt Maharet many letters about what she sees and Maharet is loving and supportive and believes everything Jesse says. She arranges for Jesse to meet many different relatives living all over the world. Maharet is the historian of what they call the Great Family and it seems that Maharet's mother, Old Maharet, was the historian before her and so on. According...