Wendy Torrance

Winifred "Wendy" Torrance is a fictional character in the Stephen King novel The Shining. At the beginning of the novel, Wendy moves to Colorado with her husband Jack and five-year-old son Danny; Jack has recently been hired as the winter caretaker for the Overlook Hotel, and the family must live there in virtually total isolation until the spring. The novel reveals that Wendy had an unhappy childhood: her mother was cold and unloving, while her ... more

Winifred "Wendy" Torrance is a fictional character in the Stephen King novel The Shining. At the beginning of the novel, Wendy moves to Colorado with her husband Jack and five-year-old son Danny; Jack has recently been hired as the winter caretaker for the Overlook Hotel, and the family must live there in virtually total isolation until the spring. The novel reveals that Wendy had an unhappy childhood: her mother was cold and unloving, while her younger sister, Aileen, was killed in a car accident when Wendy was 10. Wendy's marriage had nearly ended three years before when Jack, an alcoholic, had broken Danny's arm in a drunken rage. The couple eventually reconciled when Jack agreed to stop drinking, and she gradually learned to trust him again. Nevertheless, she never completely loses the fear that Jack will fall off the wagon, which becomes a source of building resentment between the two. She is also troubled by Danny's frequent, unexplained trances, apparent ability to see into the... less