| Bertha | Babcock | Kayley's boss. |
| Bob | Bergees | Jim's brother. |
| Margaret | Bergees | Bob's 2nd wife. |
| Pam | Bergees | Bob's 1st wife. |
| Susan | Bergees | Bob's twin sister. |
| Charlene | Bibber | Fergus's ex-lover. |
| Marlene | Bonney | Olive's friend. |
| Helen | Burgees | Jim's wife. |
| Jim | Burgees | Helen's husband. |
| Brenda | Callaghan | Kayley's elder sister. |
| Ed | Callaghan | Brenda's husband. |
| Kayley | Callaghan | An eighth grader girl. Bertha's cleaning lady. |
| Cindy | Coombs | Olive's former student. |
| Tom | Coombs | Cindy's husband. |
| Elaine | Croft | Jack's former lover. |
| Amy | Daignault | Isabelle's daughter. |
| Fish | Eyes | The policeman. |
| Uncle | George | Olive's uncle. |
| Bernie | Green | The Larkins's lawyer. |
| Bernie | Green | Henry's old acquaintance. |
| Tom | Groger | Betsy's ex-lover. |
| Betsy | Kennison | Jack's dead wife. |
| Cassie | Kennison | Jack's daughter. |
| Jack | Kennison | Betsy's husband. Olive's fiance. |
| Annabelle | Kitteridge | Christopher's wife. Aka: Ann. |
| Christopher | Kitteridge | Olive's son. |
| Henry | Kitteridge | Olive's dead husband. |
| Olive | Kitteridge | Protagonist. |
| Henry | Kitteridge Jr. | Ann and Christopher's son. Olive's grandson. Aka: Little Henry. |
| Christine | Labbe | Mrs. Ringrose's classmate. |
| Doyle | Larkin | Suzanne's brother. |
| Louise | Larkin | Suzanne's mother. Olive's neighbor. |
| Roger | Larkin | Suzanne's father. |
| Suzanne | Larkin | Louise's daughter. |
| Marie | Levesque | Denny's lover. |
| Andrea | L'Rieux | The poet laureate in United States. |
| Ethel | MacPherson | Fergus's wife. |
| Fergus | MacPherson | Ethel's husband. |
| Laurie | MacPherson | The MacPherson's daughter. |
| Miss | Minnie | Kayley's friend in the nursing home. |
| Dorie | Paige | The girl Denny falls in love with. |
| Mousy | Pants | The woman from Shirley Falls. Aka: Isabelle Daignault. |
| Barbara | Paznik | Olive's acquaintance. |
| Denny | Pelletier | Olive's neighbor. |
| Dr. | Rabolinski | Olive's doctor. |
| Phil | Ringrose | Mrs. Ringrose's husband. |
| Jerry | Skyler | The former principal at Olive's school. |
| Buzzy | Stevens | Edith's husband. |
| Gary | Taylor | Elaine's companion. |
| Anita | | Cindy's sister-in-law. |
| Annabelle | | Ann's daughter. |
| Ashley | | Marlene's daughter's friend. The pregnant girl. |
| Betty | | The nurse's aide. |
| Doris | | Kayley's teacher. |
| Edith | | Olive's friend. |
| Ernie | | Jim and Helen's grandson. |
| Halima | | One of the nurse's aides. Aka: Butterfly. |
| Jane | | One of the nurse's aides. |
| Jeff | | The nurse that Olive met. |
| Natalie | | Ann's daughter. |
| Ringrose | | Kayley's teacher. |
| Schroeder | | A dean. |
| Teddy | | The MacPherson's dog. |
| Teddy | | Laurie's son. |
| Theodore | | Ann's son. |
| Zach | | Susan's son. |
