| abstract | - Vivien is a smart and strong-willed person with a dry sense of humor that she seems to have passed on to her daughter, Violet Harmon. Although distracted by her own worries and stress, her daughter and her family are very important to her. Vivien is adamant about using organic products; for example: she does not allow her family to drink from plastic containers and is horrified when her doctor suggests a hormone therapy to help her heal after her miscarriage. She, herself, only eats organic foods. After her miscarriage, her husband Ben had an affair with one of his students, which leads to her being repulsed by Ben wanting to become intimate with her again.
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