Angela is just one of many characters who finds that the partnerships and friendships she makes in playing the Westing game embolden her to reconsider what her life has the potential to look like. Ultimately, Angela is able to summon the courage to break off her engagement, return to school, and declare her intention to live life on her own terms. Angela has engineered the bombings in various attempts to disfigure herself-she wants those around her to see past her beauty and appreciate the person she is, but she feels that this is impossible without drastic measures. Angela is eventually revealed to be the bomber behind the three sets of fireworks that go off in Sunset Towers-these impact the businesses of the Theodorakis and Hoo families and literally blow apart Angela’s own bridal shower, leaving Angela’s face and hands are severely burned. When the Westing game begins and Angela is paired with Sydelle Pulaski-an eccentric, attention-seeking older woman who is, in many ways, as invisible as Angela is visible-Angela begins feeling in control of her fate for the first time in her life. Having been told all her life that her angelic beauty is her only asset, Angela’s self-confidence is in tatters at the start of the novel. Engaged at the start of the novel to the medical intern Denton Deere, Angela is conflicted about her upcoming nuptials-yet she’s uncertain that there’s any other path possible for her. She’s one of Sam Westing’s 16 potential heirs. Angela is the beautiful 19-year-old daughter of Jake and Grace Wexler and the sister of Turtle Wexler.
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