| Bruce |
Antwerp | Sybil's son. |
| Marie |
Antwerp | Bruce's wife. |
| Debbie |
Banks | Sybil's co-garden club member. |
| Angela |
Bleeker | Daan's lawyer. |
| Nathan |
Briggs | The boy who bullied Felix. |
| Tom |
Buggs | James Landy's former boss. |
| Mrs. |
Curry | Sybil's former neighbor. |
| Joan |
Didion | Author; Sybil's pen pal. |
| Benji |
Dittmyer | Helen's son; Sybil's surgeon. |
| Helen |
Dittmyer | Sybil's friend. |
| Caroline |
Dobsen | Junior student who wrote to Sybil. |
| Elizabeth |
Donnelly | Guy Donnelly's wife. |
| Guy |
Donnelly | Sybil's boss; a judge. |
| Nancy Louise |
Donnelly | Guy Donnelly's daughter. |
| Watts |
Doyle | Principal attorney at Ridley, Doyle, Mack & Loughlin. |
| Emerson |
Franke | Editor-in-chief of *The Baltimore Sun*. |
| Diana |
Gabaldon | Author. |
| Melissa |
Genet | Dean of the College of English. |
| Declan |
Gleason | Hattie's brother. |
| Douglas |
Gleason | John's twin brother. |
| Henrietta |
Gleason | Sybil's biological sister. Aka: Hattie. |
| John |
Gleason | Hattie's brother. |
| Louisa |
Gleason | Sybil's biological mother. |
| Levi |
Holtz | Boss of Theodore's father. |
| Kazuo |
Ishiguro | Author. |
| Dr. |
Jameson | Sybil's ophthalmologist. |
| Roy |
Jameson | Sybil's doctor. |
| Harry |
Landy | James Landy's son. |
| James |
Landy | Former judge; Sybil's former colleague. |
| Lauren |
Landy | Harry Landy's sister. |
| Marly |
Landy | James Landy's wife. |
| Dr. |
Laura | Harry Landy's former psychiatrist. |
| Alice |
Livingstone | Garden club president. |
| Katharina |
Lubeck | Theodore Lubeck's wife. |
| Theodore |
Lubeck | Sybil's friend and neighbor. |
| George |
Lucas | Director of *Star Wars*. |
| Basam |
Mansour | Sybil's friend. |
| Emir |
Mansour | Basam's son. |
| Zoha |
Mansour | Basam's son. |
| Thelma |
Mariami | The girl who sleeps above Sybil. |
| Dezi |
Martinelli | The man who wants to kill Sybil. Aka: DM. |
| Enzo |
Martinelli | Dezi Martinelli's father; the man Sybil imprisoned. |
| Florencia |
Martinelli | Dezi Martinelli's mother. |
| Larry |
McMurtry | Bookstore owner. |
| Maude |
O'Reilly | Elderly man Debbie flirts with. |
| Dr. |
Oliver | Harry Landy's new psychiatrist. |
| Dr. |
Oliver | Harry Landy's doctor. |
| Ann |
Patchett | Sybil's friend; novelist. |
| Mr. |
Rogers | Kazuo Ishiguro's literary agent, deceased. |
| Charles Broderick |
Thorne | Sybil's biological father. |
| David |
Thorne | Charles Thorne's father. |
| Davie |
Thorne | Charles Thorne's son. |
| Joe |
Thorne | Charles Thorne's son. |
| Mildred |
Thorne | Charles Thorne's mother. |
| Susannah |
Thorne | Charles Thorne's first wife. |
| Alex |
Toole | Columnist. |
| Daan |
Van Antwerp | Sybil's ex-husband. |
| Gilbert |
Van Antwerp | Sybil's son, deceased. Aka: Colt. |
| Lars |
Van Antwerp | Daan's brother; Rosalie's husband. |
| Lina |
Van Antwerp | Daan's new wife. |
| Paul |
Van Antwerp | Rosalie's bedridden son. |
| Rosalie |
Van Antwerp | Sybil's sister-in-law. |
| Sybil |
Van Antwerp | Protagonist; retired lawyer. Aka: Henrietta. |
| Mick |
Watts | Retired lawyer; Daan's old acquaintance. |
| Felix |
Whitney-Stone | Sybil's adoptive brother. |
| Dale |
Woodson | Bruce's friend who works in city planning. |
| Dick |
Wright | Sybil's professor friend. |
| Fiona |
| Sybil's daughter. |
| Frances |
| Fiona's daughter. |
| Hank |
| Sybil's grandson. |
| Heloise |
| Sybil's aunt. |
| Millie |
| Sybil's close friend. |
| Shelley |
| Customer service representative at Kindred. |
| Steve |
| Lauren's boyfriend. |
| Stewart |
| Felix's partner. |
| Trudy |
| Sybil's close friend. |
| Violet |
| Sybil's granddaughter. |
| Walt |
| Fiona's husband. |
| Yvette |
| Felix's new dog. |
