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. |