| Wes |
Anderson | American filmmaker |
| William |
Blake | English poet. |
| Nick |
Briggses | Rocky's husband. Aka: Nicky |
| Rocky |
Briggses | Protagonist and narrator. Aka: Rachel |
| Jamie |
Briggses | Willa's brother |
| Stephen |
Hawking | Famous novelist |
| Padma |
Lakshmi | American TV host and model |
| Alice |
Myers | Rocky's mother. Aka: Grandma |
| Mort |
Myers | Rocky's father. Aka: Grandpa |
| Willa |
Myers-Briggses | Rocky and Nick's daughter |
| Mary |
Oliver | A poet |
| Maya |
| Jamie's girlfriend |
| Luca |
| Rocky's college boyfriend |
| Asha |
| Rocky's close friend |
| Debbie |
| Nick's high school girlfriend |
| Callie |
| Willa's friend |
| Jo |
| Rocky's friend |
| Zabar |
| Alice and Mort's maid |
| Sal |
| Mort's brother; Rocky's uncle |
| Lester |
| Mort's old friend |
| Angelina |
| The girl Rocky dated in high school |
| Regina |
| Alice's new pharmacist |
