<Li> Olivia Foxworth (née Winfield): Wife of Malcolm Foxworth . Grandmother of the Dollanganger children . Cousin of John Amos . Olivia and Malcolm are co-antagonists in this book . </Li> <Li> Malcolm Foxworth: Father of Corrine and grandfather of the Dollanganger children . Husband of Olivia . He is described both as having a heart condition and as heartless, a symbolic paradox . He dies during the story, though Chris and Cathy do not learn this until the end . He was also the older half - brother of the children's father . </Li> <Li> Christopher Dollanganger, Sr.: Corrine's first husband; father of the children . He was Malcolm's younger half - brother, making him Corrine's half - uncle . He is described as a wonderful father who couldn't bear to be separated from his children for longer than five days . He is killed in a car accident on his birthday at the beginning of the book . </Li> <Li> John Amos: A butler to the Foxworth family . Chris overhears very horrible information from him during one of Chris' expeditions to steal from his mother . </Li>

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