Meet the ladies that stir Hans Halvorsen’s heart.

Holly Hinkley
Red-headed Holly Hinkley is the Halvorsen’s first love. She is responsible for his pilgrimage to Seattle. Holly abandons Hans during the darkness, but her memory haunts him throughout the story.

Loraine Getter
The first time Hans Halvorsen laid eyes on Loraine Getter he was rendered speechless. The entire event was like a slow motion scene in a movie, when the protagonist first sees his heroine. But his scene wasn’t fancied up with a cotillion gown and a winding staircase. Nope, it was hidden in the mundane. Hans had walked up to the store to grab a cold sports drink on his third day of work. Fresh off her final exams, Loraine was making change for a kid buying sunblock and sunflower seeds. Intuitively, after catching a smile from the beauty, Hans began whistling his favorite Beach Boys tune.

Luscious Loraine Getter, with her dark honey-highlighted hair is proclaimed the ‘Queen of the Illinois’ by the buckers at Bob’s. She is a college student hell-bent on cleaning up the chicken waste dumped into the Illinois River by Capon’s factory.