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Who is Pie Harralson from The House Next Door and what is their importance? The_House_Next_Door English & Literature Pie Harralson | The House Next Door

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Pie Harralson is the wife of Buddy Harralson and daughter of Matt Gladney. The house next door to Walter and Colquitt Kennedy is paid for by Pie's father as a baby gift. Pie is described as an extrovert who was chosen as homecoming queen her senior year in college. Pie made bad grades in college. She tells Colquitt that all she ever really wanted to do was marry Buddy, have babies and a wonderful house. In her seventh month of pregnancy, Pie falls down a flight of stairs in her house and miscarries her baby. Although both Buddy and Gladney are obviously upset by the loss of the baby, Pie never seems to show any real remorse that her baby has died. On the night of the housewarming party, it is Pie who first discovers that her father has died. She also sees her husband in a homosexual embrace with another man. After the tragic events of the night of the housewarming, Pie's house is put on the market. Colquitt hears that Pie has divorced Buddy and is living with her mother.