A GATE AT THE STAIRS
Characters - Alphabetical
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| FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | DESCRIPTION |
| Dean | Anderson | Dean of Women at College |
| Michael | Batt | Stuart Welbourne's lover |
| Valerie | Bochman | Old classmate of Tassie |
| Amber | Bowers | Pregnant mother |
| Brendan | Breezna | Marianne's husband |
| Sarah | Brink | Owner of restaurant |
| Krystal | Bunberry | Father worked at toilet paper factory |
| Chuck | Buzlocki | Friend of Robert Sr. |
| Cooper | Dunka | Friend of Robert Sr. |
| Letitia | Gherlich | Woman at adoption agency |
| Tassie | Keltjin | Narrator |
| Bo | Keltjin | Tassie's dad |
| Robert | Keltjin | Tassie's brother |
| Tassie | Keltjin | 90 year old grandmother |
| Gail | Keltjin | Tassie's mother |
| Ken | Kornblach | Friend of Robert Sr. |
| Murph (Murphy) | Kreuger | Tassie's roommate |
| Lynn | Kreuger | Murph's sister |
| Roberta | Marshall | Attorney for adoptions |
| Mrs. | McKowen | Foster mother |
| Lynette | McKowen | Foster sister caring for Mary |
| Amanda | Prague | New roommate of Tassie |
| Marianne | Sturch | Tassie participated in wedding |
| Becky | Sussluch | Adopted classmate of Tassie |
| Edward | Thornwood | Sarah's husband |
| Sonya | Weidner | Researched reparations |
| Catherine | Welbourne | Neighbor of Sarah's |
| Stuart | Welbourne | Catherine Welbourne's husband |
| Mr. | Wettersten | Tassie's landlord |
| Than | Young professor | |
| 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 | |
| Rachael | Tassie's 9th grade friend | |
| Mary-Emma | Child up for adoption | |
| Victor | Birth father | |
| Bonnie | Birth mother | |
| 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 | |
| Noel | Thornwoods' cleaning man | |
| Reynaldo | Tassie's classmate | |
| Elva | Lady on town cuts hair | |
| 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 |
