Frank Longbottom's Wife
    Kirstini 
    kirst_inn at yahoo.co.uk
       
    Mon Jul  7 19:17:54 UTC 2003
    
    
  
No: HPFGUIDX 68107
Ruth:> I have looked over GoF and OotP, and can't find anywhere 
where Neville's mother's name is given.  Who is she, I wonder?  Why 
is her first name never given?  JKR has never slacked on names, so, 
I'm leaning toward the omission as being deliberate.> 
Here you go:
OoP Bloomsbury (Ch 23, "Christmas on the Closed Ward"), p454:
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'They were Aurors, you know, and very well respected in the 
wizarding community,' Mrs Longbottom went on. 'Highly gifted, the 
pair of them. I - yes, Alice dear, what is it?'
Neville's mother had come edging down the ward in her nightdress.
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Alice Longbottom, Auror. She doesn't get a name or a career in GoF, 
although hubby does.
Kirstini
    
    
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