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Billie Delia Cato
Soane Morgan is Deek Morgan’s wife and Dovey Morgan’s sister. She presents herself as a dutiful wife, but internally, she does not have faith in her husband’s version of Ruby: she regards the Oven as unnecessary and thinks the economic stagnation Deek complains about could be solved if neighbors simply helped each other. After Soane discovers Deek is having an affair with Connie, Soane visits the Convent to ask for an abortion she does not want as a means to intimidate her husband’s lover. She soon miscarries, and she blames the loss on her own sin. When one of Soane’s sons is in a car accident, Connie saves his life, and the two women form an unlikely friendship. Both of Soane’s sons eventually die in the Vietnam War, and Connie makes tonics for Soane to ease her grief. Deek becomes concerned that Soane is too close to the Convent women, especially after she invites them to Arnette and K.D.’s wedding. At the end of the book, Soane and Dovey try to stop the attack on the Convent, but the sisters’ relationship fractures when they disagree over who shot Connie.
Soane Morgan Quotes in Paradise
The Paradise quotes below are all either spoken by Soane Morgan or refer to Soane Morgan. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Seneca Quotes
The women nodded when the men took the Oven apart, packed, moved, and reassembled it. But privately they resented the truck space given over to it––rather than a few more sacks of seed, rather than shoats or even a child’s crib. Resented also the hours spent putting it back together […]. Oh, how the men loved putting it back together; how proud it had made them, how devoted. A good thing, [Soane] thought, as far as it went, but it went too far. A utility became a shrine […].
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Soane Morgan Character Timeline in Paradise
The timeline below shows where the character Soane Morgan appears in Paradise. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Mavis
...to admire Mavis’s work with the pecans. Connie returns and introduces the woman as Mrs. Soane Morgan. Soane remarks that Mavis is the first stranger she’s ever seen inside the Convent....
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...the night at the Convent, partly because it is dark and she forgot to ask Soane’s son for directions, but mostly because she meets Mother. Mother is a small, sickly old...
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Seneca
...that will satisfy her “picky” husband. She is married to Steward Morgan, and her sister Soane is married to Deek. When Dovey thinks of Steward, she always thinks of him in...
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Meanwhile, Soane secretly steeps a tonic that Connie has prepared for her. The tonic eases the grief...
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Soane recalls the first time Connie made her a tonic, 19 years ago, after she miscarried...
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Deek comes home and expresses his frustration at the financial stagnation of Ruby, prompting Soane to silently wonder why he doesn’t simply help his friends who need help. Deek also...
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Divine
...remains tense even when Misner lowers the cross and begins the ceremony. Beside her husband, Soane regrets the secret invitation to the wedding reception that she extended to the women at...
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Consolata
Soane Morgan arrives at the Convent to ask for Connie’s help with an abortion. Connie recognizes...
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Lone
...this road to the Convent over the years. Lone only learned to drive recently, after Soane gave her the Morgans’ rundown Oldsmobile. She was thrilled at the independence and mobility that...
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...action and sends his wife to bring the news to other allies, including Dovey and Soane Morgan. Meanwhile, the Convent women finish dancing and return inside, entreating Connie to tell them...
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...of Ruby arrive at the Oven, where the rain has undermined its foundation. Dovey and Soane, quickly set out for the Convent. Dovey thinks about how Steward’s successes have always led...
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...she pauses and smiles when she sees Deek. Steward shoots her just as Dovey and Soane arrive to witness it.
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...the incident lies solely with the men. Connie dies, murmuring that Pallas’s baby is asleep. Soane and Dovey’s relationship changes forever when Soane blames Steward alone for Connie’s murder and Dovey...
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Save-Marie
...Dovey starts to forgive Steward because she does not believe he shot Connie. Dovey and Soane have fallen out due to their disagreement over who shot Connie.
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