Ellowyne Wilde

"Ellowyne is 19 years old and lives in a big Victorian home in San Francisco that is owned by her grandmother. It sits directly on the earthquake fault line. She doesn't mind because she is always so bored at least that offers an element of uncertainty. Her father is an architect and her mother died when she was young. She was born in a funeral home into a family that suffers much depression and turmoil. It's no wonder she is always tired, indecisive and bored.

Her therapist of seven years, Dr. Elaine Bantam, has diagnosed Ellowyne with chronic ennui (pronounced ahn-wee) . . . a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction . . . with a touch of melancholy. Dr. Bantam notes that she dresses in the most remarkable outfits she finds in the San Francisco thrift stores, and looks lovely, but rarely feels like going out. She encourages Ellowyne to keep a journal and write poetry to chronicle her feelings. Ellowyne writes that her thrift store shopping trips seem to help her condition more than Dr. Bantam."

Although the following characters are mentioned in Tonner's writings, only Sybil the Cat appeared to reach fruition. Sybil is Ellowyne's, she's depicted as being sweet and playful (though she doesn't look that way to me). Nor does she seem that way where Ellowyne is concerned, as she has to keep a box of band-aids handy when she plays with Sybil.

TONNER STOCK PHOTO

I haven't been able to find dolls or information about the other characters who appear in Tonner's tales mentioned above, apart from the notes listed below.

Dr. Elaine M. Bantam is Ellowyne's therapist committed to helping Ellowyne cure her feelings of ennui.

Charles Wilde is Ellowyne's father, who works as an architect for Mr. Stanhope, 

Amber's father.