Ma Bailey is a bitter widow, and Mary a shy, single spinster librarian. Aunt Bee is a spinster in her late-50s who raised Andy. The Wood family were financially dependent on their wealthy, eccentric spinster Aunt Ben. Miss Furnival is a spinster and lifelong teetotaler. The plot focuses on the title character, a spinster librarian. The quaint, sleepy village was home to the renowned detective spinster Miss Marple. He is helped by a spinster searching for her father's killer. Dean hopes that Garrett will someday settle down with one of his many spinster nieces. She was then a spinster of 51 years old. These events are known as Bachelor and Spinster Balls or colloquially "B and S Balls". His well-regarded first novel, "Judith Hearne", centers on an alcoholic Belfast spinster. Many classic and modern films have depicted stereotypical spinster characters. Also visiting is Sir William Whatney, one of spinster Eleanor's few youthful flirtations. George finds Mary, now a spinster who works at the library. The older two residents (a captain and a spinster) also fall in love.