Who is Allison Ridgeway from Finding the Dream and what is their importance?

Allison Ridgeway is Laura's oldest daughter. She is ten-years-old, and she is described as both intelligent and judgmental. Ali blames her mother for her alienation from her and takes out a great deal of her unhappiness on her mother. Over the course of the novel, Ali comes to understand that her father does not love her because of his own failings, and that her mother has done the best she can.