| NPR |
Andrew | Assistant at The Crew. |
| Ludwig van |
Beethoven | German composer and pianist. |
| Judah Loew ben |
Bezalel | Late-sixteenth-century rabbi of Prague. |
| Jason |
Blagojevich | Actor from the Midwest. Aka: Jace Evans. |
| Mel |
Brooks | American actor and filmmaker. |
| Anton |
Chekhov | Russian playwright and short story writer. |
| Ms. |
Dannenfelser | Rachel's high school drama teacher. |
| Amy |
Dickstein | Rachel's acquaintance. |
| Sheila |
E. | American singer-songwriter and musician. |
| Benjamin |
Franklin | Founding Father of the United States. |
| Cary |
Grant | American actor. |
| Nora |
Helmer | Fictional character. |
| Audrey |
Hepburn | British actress. |
| Blind Willie |
Johnson | American singer and guitarist. |
| Jay |
Leno | American television host and comedian. |
| Wolfgang Amadeus |
Mozart | Composer of the Classical period. |
| Brett |
Ofer | Founder of The Crew, a talent management company. |
| Dr. |
Rana Mahjoub | Rachel's therapist. |
| Carlos |
Santana | American guitarist. |
| Mrs. |
Schwebel | Miriam's mother. |
| Fred |
Segal | American clothing and accessories retail brand founded in 1961. |
| Adiv |
| Works at a frozen yogurt shop. |
| Ana |
| Office manager. |
| Ayala |
| Miriam's sister. |
| Cait |
| Vocal activist on campus. |
| Chagall |
| Russian and French artist of Jewish origin. |
| Christina |
| Rachel's father's new wife. |
| Eitan |
| One of Miriam's brothers. |
| Ezra |
| Miriam's brother. |
| Joshes |
| Jace's agents. |
| Kayla |
| Ana's acquaintance. |
| Michelangelo |
| Renowned sculptor, painter, architect, and poet. |
| Miriam |
| Orthodox Jewish girl whose family owns a frozen yogurt shop. |
| Nathan |
| Rachel's ex-boyfriend from college. |
| Noah |
| One of Rachel's brothers. |
| Paul |
| Rachel's friend. |
| Rachel |
| Narrator of the novel who struggles with an eating disorder. |
| Wendy |
| Rachel's cousin. |
| Zoe |
| Rachel's theater acquaintance in college. |
