Mother Tamara is one of James Holden's Books • TV eight biological parents. See is part of the marriage co-op that forms Holden's family in Montana on Earth.
Biography[]
Although she is part of a larger group marriage, she is in a monogamous relationship with Dimitri.[2]
History[]
In Holden's childhood, when Mother Tamara finished cooking, she used to say "Soup's on!".[1]
After a tornado once hit Montana, Mother Tamara took James along to help with the cleanup on a commercial complex a few miles from his family's farm.[3]
 “Catching fire” — Spoilers for Nemesis Games follow.
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| “Fires in the dark” — Spoilers for Babylon's Ashes follow.
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After global infrastructure on Earth collapsed due to the Bombardment of Earth, Holden receives a text-message from Mother Tamara telling him that his parents were all ok, but that "ash was falling on the ranch like snow in winter".[4]
Later, when their farm becomes nearly unmanageable, Tamara, together with all other family members, is evacuated to Luna, where they all meet their son and his love, Naomi Books • TV, as well as the rest of Holden's friends[5].
See also[]
- Father Tom Books • TV
- Father Caesar
- Father Dimitri
- Father Joseph
- Father Anton
- Mother Sophie
- Mother Elise Books • TV
- group marriage
- Montana
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Uh, yeah,” Holden said. “It’s just something Mother Tamara used to say when she’d finished cooking. Not sure where it comes from.”
-- Leviathan Wakes, Chapter 37: Holden - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "It wasn’t sexual. Father Tom and Father Caesar were already sexual partners and monogamous. Mother Tamara was single. Fathers Joseph and Anton and Mothers Elise and Sophie were already a polyamorous civil unit. Father Dimitri joined a month later when he started dating Tamara."
-- Holden to his crew in Caliban's War, Chapter 13: Holden - ↑ 3.0 3.1 His mother Tamara had taken him along.
-- Cibola Burn, Chapter 31: Holden - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "He'd gotten a short text-only message from Mother Tamara that his parents were all right for now, but that ash was falling on the ranch like snow in winter."
Nemesis Games, Chapter 33: Holden - ↑ Babylon's Ashes, Chapter 12: Holden