Carol aird daughter

Carol film
Carol is a 2015 historical drama romance film directed by Todd Haynes.
The character of Carol Aird was inspired by Virginia Kent Catherwood (1915-1966), a Philadelphia socialite six years older than Patricia Highsmith.

•

Well, this is a departure from the usual genre of books I read, but as I am embracing change of late, I thought why not read a thrilling Patricia Highsmith novel rather than yet another cosy mid century domestic saga? I requested Carol from Alice at Bloomsbury (after she asked me if I would like some books) as not only was I keen to try a Patricia Highsmith, but I was also intrigued by the rather sinister sounding premise, and by the fact that it is set in New York, which, as you know, is of quite some interest to me at this present moment in time! It looks very smart and sophisticated from the front cover, and that’s exactly what it is; a slick, elegant, excellently written tale that manages to be both profoundly unsettling and yet somehow wonderfully romantic, all at the same time.

Therese Belivet is a nineteen year old with no family, a boyfriend she’s not really interested in, and a depressing job on the toy counter in a New York department store. She’s young, intelligent, attractive, and utterly bored with her life. Therese is at her counter dealing with the Christmas rush

•

Is there more?
This article is a stub. You can help the LGBT+ Characters Wiki by expanding it.

Carol Aird

Gender Identity	Sexual Identity
Female	Bisexual

Status

In a relationship/Divorced

Family

Rindy Aird (daughter)

Romances

Therese Belivet (lover)
Harge Aird (ex-husband)
Abby Gerhard (ex-lover)

Portrayed by

Cate Blanchett

Carol Aird is a bisexual character from Carol.

Biography[]

She is a housewife living in 1952 New Jersey. She is in the process of getting a divorce from her husband and is exploring her homosexuality. She is interested in smoking, driving, and records, as well as the finer things in life. She has had an affair with her best friend Abby, but they are now just friends. Carol is also interested in a young shop girl named Therese. Carol's main challenge is being true to herself while also being a mother in the 1950s, as well as navigating the difficulties of divorcing as a lesbian.

Appearance[]

Carol (book) is a white woman with Nordic complexion¹. She's described as "tall and fair" with a "graceful figure"². She

•

The Price of Salt

Novel by Patricia Highsmith

The Price of Salt (later republished under the title Carol) is a 1952 romance novel by Patricia Highsmith, first published under the pseudonym "Claire Morgan." Highsmith—known as a suspense writer based on her psychological thrillerStrangers on a Train—used an alias as she did not want to be tagged as "a lesbian-book writer",^[a] and she also used her own life references for characters and occurrences in the story.

Although Highsmith wrote over 22 novels and numerous short stories and had many sexual and romantic relationships with women, The Price of Salt is her only novel about an unequivocal lesbian relationship, and its relatively happy ending was unprecedented in lesbian literature. It is also notable for being the only one of her novels with "a conventional 'happy ending'" and characters who had "more explicit sexual existences".^[2]

A British radio adaptation of the novel was broadcast in 2014. Carol, a film adaptation released in 2015, was nominated for six Academy Awards and nine British