Cold Sassy Tree is a moving novel written by Olive Ann Burns. It is full of interesting and realistic characters who are contrasted or opposed to each other. Two of the characters are Mary Willis Tweedy and Loma Campbell. Sisters Mary Willis and Loma are both similar and different in many ways. The same goes for me and my sister Amna. Loma and Mary Willis are very different people but they can be similar and agree on many things. When their father, Rucker Blakeslee, marries a woman young enough to be his daughter, just three weeks after his wife's death. They are also both very shocked as to why their father says "Well, good Lord! She's as dead as she'll ever be, isn't she? Well, isn't she?" They think it is a shame to their mother's memory that their father said something so terrible and got married only three weeks after his wife's death. Additionally, they both worry about what the town says about their family. They know people will think Miss Love has her eye on Rucker's money; and that Rucker has his eye on Miss. Love since he met her too. They both really dislike Miss Love. For one thing, she's almost a Yankee, and Yankees are despised in Cold Sassy. Loma acted very harshly upon hearing the news that her father was remarrying because she cared about her reputation in Cold Sassy but also because she didn't like Miss Love very much; Aunt Loma was the prettiest and most elegant woman in town but after Miss. Love had moved to Cold Sassy this was no longer true. Mary Willis doesn't like Miss either. Love. It is said that when Rucker and Miss. Love came to dinner at Mary Willis' house, Rucker liked the cake Mary Willis baked so much; he wanted Miss Love to bake him the cake and told Mary Willis to write the recipe for her. Mary Willis told Miss Love "It's in that old brown shoebox in the pantry with all of Mom's other receipts. Unless you threw the box away." Mary Willis was still spiteful towards Miss Love for stealing her trip to New York and thought that Miss Love was trying to take her mother's place by doing the same things her mother did. Another reason why Mary Willis and Loma look alike is their physical traits.