Tessie

HOW PEARLIE AND TESSIE SUMMON THEIR ROMANTIC HISTORY is a study in contradiction: Pearlie is romantic; Tessie is pragmatic.

Tessie and Pearlie JOY HOROWITZ 1996

It sounds like they don't need Hookers, they need Yentas: "I know this nice girl, the daughter of my cousin Tessie, she's a good girl and knows how to cook; you'll really like her!"

Pantsbomber psyche laid bare in messageboard archives (corrected) Boing Boing 2009

After Trevor’s birth, we called Tessie to tell her our good news and to inform her of her new great-grandson’s name.

Tessie and Pearlie JOY HOROWITZ 1996

Sometimes her brother had called her Tessie, but that was all.

Clockwork Angel Cassandra Clare 2010

It was in his handwriting, and no one else ever called her Tessie.

Clockwork Angel Cassandra Clare 2010

It was in his handwriting, and no one else ever called her Tessie.

City of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009

It was in his handwriting, and no one else ever called her Tessie.

Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

Theodora Zizmo, whom everyone now calls Tessie, is painting her toenails.

Middlesex Eugenides, Jeffery 2002

We call Tessie to thank her for the card, and I nudge Brock to ask her what she meant by “the best way possible.”

Tessie and Pearlie JOY HOROWITZ 1996

Nearly one hundred fifty years later, the granddaughter Toby—now called Tessie—is trying to get out of her recliner chair near a television set, and she is stuck.

Tessie and Pearlie JOY HOROWITZ 1996