The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide

Renee.

Four years later, within six months of each other, Geoffrey and Helen Swan died. Charlie was alone, aside from his summer visits with Bella. He devoted himself to his job and worked his way up through the ranks to become the chief of police in Forks. He maintained his longtime friendship with Billy Black and Harry Clearwater, and the three friends spent a lot of their free time fishing together. Billy in particular was a great support to Charlie during the difficult years following his divorce and the loss of his parents; they became even closer. Later, when Billy lost his wife, Sarah, to a car accident, Charlie was able to be there for Billy as Billy had been for him.

Charlie always felt awkward with Bella, and was never sure how to express his love for her.

Charlie always felt awkward with Bella, and was never sure how to express his love for her. He did recognize that Bella was much more like him than she was like Renee, despite her living with Renee year-round. He was truly thrilled when Bella decided to live with him for her last year and a half of high school.

FAMOUS QUOTES

“You aren?t turning into a tree-hugger on me, are you?” New Moon, Chapter 12

“It?s not normal, Alice, and it… it frightens me. Not normal at all. Not like someone… left her, but like someone died.” New Moon, Chapter 17

“Isn?t Edward up for a little healthy competition?” Eclipse, Chapter 1

“Maybe I?m just feeling… superstitious after hanging out with Billy while he was being so strange all day. But I have this… hunch. I feel like… I?m going to lose you soon.” Eclipse, Chapter 26

“You?re pregnant! You?re pregnant, aren?t you?” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 1

“I don?t want to know everything, but I?m done with the lies!” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 25

“I would have tried to protect you, too, if I?d known how. But I guess you?ve never fit into the fainthearted category, have you?” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 26

RENEE HIGGINBOTHAM DWYER

NAME: Renee Higginbotham Dwyer (previous married name: Swan) DATE OF BIRTH: 1968

PLACE OF ORIGIN: Unknown

HAIR COLOR: Brown

EYE COLOR: Blue

HEIGHT: Around 5‘4?

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Renee looks a lot like Bella, but she has short hair, blue eyes, and laugh lines.

EDUCATION/OCCUPATION: She is a teacher; she has taught kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. She has also worked as a substitute.

HOBBIES: Renee has had too many hobbies to list. She doesn‘t stick with any of them for very long.

FAMILY MEMBERS: She is currently married to Phil Dwyer. Her daughter is Isabella

?Bella? Swan, and Bella‘s father, Charlie Swan, is her ex-husband. Her mother was Marie Higginbotham.

PERSONAL HISTORY:

Renee was born in Downey, California. Her parents divorced when she was still a child, and she never had much contact with her father. Her mother, Marie, was a difficult, bitter woman, but hardworking and loyal. Renee had a very different personality: fun-loving and artistic, but flighty and inconstant. Renee did not do well in school, despite the fact that she tested well. During her teenage years she was never able to hold a job for long, though she always interviewed very well.

The first year after high school, Renee worked several temporary jobs, making enough money to move in with a girlfriend who had space available in her small apartment. Renee couldn‘t take living with her pessimistic mother any longer. The next summer, one of her girlfriends decided to take a month off and travel the length of the Pacific coast, camping along the way. This was exactly the kind of adventure that Renee loved. She went on the trip with a few other girls, having no idea where she would live when she got back, if her roommate rented the space to someone else.

Renee loved being in love, and she loved feeling like she was living an adventure.

On First Beach, Renee met Charlie Swan. She was very attracted to him; he was different from her usual boyfriends, so serious and responsible, but funny and kind. She fell head over heels. She thought about Charlie for the rest of the trip north, and when she returned to Forks, she was easily convinced to stay for a little while longer. Renee loved being in love, and she loved feeling like she was living an adventure. When Charlie proposed, getting married sounded like the perfect cap to the whirlwind romance. They were married by a justice of the peace, with only Charlie‘s parents and three best friends in attendance. Renee sent her mother a picture from the wedding, but Marie didn‘t respond.

For a while, Renee enjoyed the novelty of being married. Charlie was a much easier person to live with than her mother had been, and his passionate adoration of her was very pleasant. She had a great deal of fun decorating the little house. She liked Charlie‘s kind, quiet parents. The tiny, quaint town was very different from L.A. She worked as a waitress for a while, and she liked meeting new people.

When Renee found out she was having a baby, it seemed like the next big adventure. She learned to knit and started decorating the nursery. She wrote to her mother again, and this time Marie sent a gift: her own mother‘s handmade quilt. Renee was touched.

When Bella was born, it changed Renee in some ways, but not in others. She became more responsible, better able to focus on what had to be done.