| 1 | Lucy | Barton | A writer. Aka: Wizzle. |
| | Kathie | Nicely | Lucy's mother's friend. |
| 2 | Vicky | | Lucy's sister. |
| 3 | Cookie | | A nurse. |
| | Linda | | Kathie's daughter. |
| 4 | Irene | | A professor. |
| | William | | Lucy's husband. |
| | Christina | | Lucy's eldest daughter. Aka: Chrissie. |
| | Becka | | Lucy's younger daughter. |
| 5 | Mr. | Nicely | Kathie's ex-husband. |
| 6 | Jeremy | | Lucy's friend. |
| 7 | Sarah | Payne | A writer. Teaches a workshop class in Arizona. |
| 8 | Celia | | Lucy's mother's aunt. Aka: Aunt Seal. |
| | Roy | | Celia's husband. |
| | Harriet | | Celia's daughter. |
| | Toothache | | A nurse. |
| | Abel | Blaine | Harriet's son. |
| | Dottie | | Abel's sister. |
| 11 | Molly | | Lucy's friend. |
| 13 | Mr. | Haley | A Social Studies teacher. |
| | Carol | Darr | Mr. Haley's student. |
| 18 | Elgin | Appleby | Lucy's father's friend. |
| | Nora | | Elgin's wife. |
| | Annie | Appleby | Elgin's daughter. |
| 23 | Marilyn | Somebody | Lucy's acquaintance. |
| | Charlie | Macauly | Marilyn's husband. |
| | Evelyn | | A woman who worked at Chatwin Cake Shoppe. |
| 27 | Mary | Mumford | Evelyn's husband's cousin. |
| 39 | Janie | Templeton | A student. |
