Who is Bres from Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady and what is their importance?

Bres is a beautiful twenty-seven-year-old woman at the University of Mississippi. She is the leader of the Grope and the only true academic among them. She is a lesbian who dates Florence, but she breaks up with Florence for writing stories instead of applying for fellowships as she insists. Bres dies in a car accident shortly after ending her relationship with Florence.