| Widow | Agnus | One of Joe's father's friends. |
| New | Ellis | Mr. Ellis's son. |
| Mr. | Hughes | The fat Indian agent. |
| Archie | Johnson | Joe's childhood neighbor. |
| Father | Michael | The town's priest. |
| Mr. | Richardson | The man who accidentally ran over Joe. |
| Alice | | June's friend. |
| Andrew | | Norma's classmate. |
| Angela | | Norma's classmate. |
| Angela(2) | | Andrew's boss. |
| Ben | | Joe's brother. |
| Bernard | | Hank's twin. |
| Boyd | | The boy on June's apartment. |
| Candice | | Alice's friend. |
| Charlie | | One of Joe's brothers. |
| Cora | | Leah's mother. Joe's former wife. |
| Ernest | | The man at the retirement home. |
| Frank | | Norma's father. |
| Frankie | | One of the berry pickers. |
| Georgia | | Norma's friend and classmate. Aka: Desiree. |
| Gerald | | A friend of Joe's father. |
| Hank | | Gerald and Julia's son. |
| Harris | | The trip coordinator. |
| Henri | | June's goldfish. |
| James | | Mae's boyfriend. |
| Janet | | Norma's friend. |
| Jeffrey | | Leah's step-father. |
| Joe | | Narrator. |
| John | | Randall's older brother. |
| Juan | | Lewis's predecessor. |
| Julia | | Gerald's wife. |
| June | | Norma's aunt. |
| Kiju | | Joe's mother. |
| Leah | | Joe's daughter. |
| Lenore | | Norma's mother. |
| Leonard | | June's long-time tenant. |
| Lewis | | Joe's father. |
| Lindy | | Lewis's older sister. Joe's aunt. |
| Mae | | Joe's sister. |
| Mark | | Norma's boyfriend. |
| Mr. Ellis | | The landowner. Lewis's boss. |
| Norma | | The girl who dreamed about Ruthie. One of the narrators. |
| Randall | | Norma's classmate. |
| Ruthie | | Joe's missing sister. |
| Sarah | | Norma and Mark's unborn child. |
| Susan | | Joe's crush. |
| Trinity | | One of Norma's classmates. |
| Walters | | Norma's professor. |
