A committed communicator is one who dares reach out. I found myself, knowing this woman, despising her at a couple of spots., And understanding her at others. Her character flies are my own, and because of that, I can claim some of her attributes as well.. Civil Vanantwerp is a character who holds the mirror to her reader. I knew her so well by the end of the book, that I will probably mourn her for a while now that the book is done.