Sarah Leary, Macon Leary’s wife. Sarah is an English teacher who listened to rock music in the “old days” to keep up with her students. According to Macon, she is sloppy and disorganized. She is at first amused by Macon’s systems and finds his moods mysterious, but when their son Ethan dies, she becomes tired of Macon’s orderliness. She looks to Macon for comfort, and when Macon cannot comfort her, she leaves him to grieve on her own