Renée Dwyer (formerly Renée Swan) married Charlie Swan
right after high school, but left with their baby, Bella, and divorced
him soon after. Renée is an eccentric, silly person who will brave new
things (like skydiving) and come to her senses later. Bella always felt
that she was the mother of their relationship, having to guide Renée
away from doing ridiculous things, and Renée thought of Bella as her
middle-aged child. After Renée remarries a much younger baseball
player, Phil Dwyer, Bella unselfishly sends herself to live with her
dad in Forks so that Renée and Phil can travel together. Edward
describes Renée's mind as being insightful and almost childlike. In Breaking Dawn,
Bella is scared to tell her mother about her engagement to Edward, but
Renée believes Bella to be more mature than other teenagers her age and
gives them her blessing. Bella says she and her mother look alike, but
that Renée has shorter hair and laugh lines. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona, in Twilight, and in Jacksonville, Florida, throughout the rest of the series. Bella says in Twilight
that her mother is her best friend. After Bella becomes a vampire she
doesn't contact her mother, knowing Renée couldn't handle her change
like Charlie could. | Full Name: Renee Higginbotham Swan Dwyer |
