Who is Richard Cooper from Here on Earth and what is their importance? Here_on_Earth_(novel) English & Literature Richard Cooper | Here on Earth

Richard Cooper is a quiet, highly intelligent man who also grew up in Jenkintown. Richard was disowned by his father and made his life in California, away from the gossip and darkness of his hometown. March Murray follows Richard and marries him, making a good life with him and their child for nineteen years. However, when Judith Dale dies, March returns to Jenkintown and the obsession she once had for the boy her father rescued.