One invented family ritual can bind five ex-husbands together

Evidence

To prevent confusion and jealousy, she has instituted a single official birthday for the five, an annual “husbands’ day,” when her exes turn up with a present for each. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 397

Categorization

• SEED: An instant character-defining detail — a great example of how one quirky invention sketches a whole person.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 397