| I | Than |
| Young professor |
| | Tassie |
Keltjin | Narrator |
| | Murph (Murphy) |
Kreuger | Tassie's roommate |
| | Sarah |
Brink | Owner of restaurant |
| | Catherine |
Welbourne | Neighbor of Sarah's |
| | Stuart |
Welbourne | Catherine Welbourne's husband |
| | Michael |
Batt | Stuart Welbourne's lover |
| | Becky |
Sussluch | Adopted classmate of Tassie |
| | Bo |
Keltjin | Tassie's dad |
| | Bess |
| Cow on the farm |
| | Guess |
| Cow on the farm |
| | Helen |
| Pig on the farm |
| | Lucy |
| Goat on the farm |
| | Blot |
| Dog on the farm |
| | Kay |
| Tenant in apartment above Tassie |
| | Mr. |
Wettersten | Tassie's landlord |
| | Lynn |
Kreuger | Murph's sister |
| | Dean |
Anderson | Dean of Women at College |
| | Edward |
Thornwood | Sarah's husband |
| | Amber |
Bowers | Pregnant mother |
| | Letitia |
Gherlich | Woman at adoption agency |
| II |
Robert | Keltjin |
Tassie's brother |
| | Krystal |
Bunberry | Father worked at toilet paper factory |
| | Marianne |
Sturch | Tassie participated in wedding |
| | Brendan |
Breezna | Marianne's husband |
| III |
Rachael | |
Tassie's 9th grade friend |
| | Roberta |
Marshall | Attorney for adoptions |
| | Mary-Emma |
| Child up for adoption |
| | Victor |
| Birth father |
| | Bonnie |
| Birth mother |
| | Mrs. |
McKowen | Foster mother |
| | Lynette |
McKowen | Foster sister caring for Mary |
| IV |
Isaiah | |
4 year old Tassie babysat |
| | Eli |
| 4 year old Tassie babysat |
| | Althea |
| 5 year old Tassie babysat |
| | Tika |
| 8 year old Tassie babysat |
| | Clarence |
| 7th Grade Tassie babysat |
| | Kaz |
| 4th Grade Tassie babysat |
| | Adilia |
| Tassie babysat |
| | Kwame |
| Tassie babysat |
| | Sonya |
Weidner | Researched reparations |
| | Tassie |
Keltjin | 90 year old grandmother |
| | Noel |
| Thornwoods' cleaning man |
| | Reynaldo |
| Tassie's classmate |
| | Elva |
| Lady on town cuts hair |
| V | Susan |
| Prior name of Sarah |
| | John |
| Prior name of Edward |
| | Juicy |
| Emma's fish |
| | Steve |
| Emma's fish |
| | Maddie |
| Girl at playground |
| | Liza |
| Housekeeper of Sarah |
| | Gabriel |
| Son of Susan and John |
| VI |
Gail | Keltjin |
Tassie's mother |
| | Valerie |
Bochman | Old classmate of Tassie |
| | Chuck |
Buzlocki | Friend of Robert Sr. |
| | Ken |
Kornblach | Friend of Robert Sr. |
| | Cooper |
Dunka | Friend of Robert Sr. |
| | Amanda |
Prague | New roommate of Tassie |
