the margot tenenbaum appreciation page



"that's a trick question. you don't have a middle name."

"...helen."


margot tenenbaum was the adopted daughter of the tenenbaum family. she was an acclaimed playwright who won a Braveman Grant of fifty thousand dollars in the 9th grade. after a childhood of feeling unwanted, she ran away to find her original parents and came home two weeks later with half a finger missing. one winter she and her brother richie ran away from home and camped out in the egyptian wing of the public archives.

margot was married to the writer and neurologist raleigh st. claire, but her problems with him began long before royal's return even approached.

she began smoking at the age of twelve.

she is love with her brother richie.





"I'll have a butterscotch sundae, I guess."


           




"i couldn't even begin to think about knowing how to answer that question."

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