| Anna |
Black | Ruby's real mother |
| Hugh |
Black | Lewis's father |
| Joshua |
Black | Patrick's son; Aka: Shadow |
| Lewis |
Black | Father of Anna's baby |
| Patrick |
Black | Joshua's father |
| Dr. |
Brannon | Ruby's doctor |
| A.J |
Cooke | Property developer |
| Sandra |
Crossley | Ruby's classmate |
| Mrs. |
Davis | Ruby's domestic science teacher |
| Sydney |
Davis | One of Lewis's colleagues |
| John |
Donahue | Michael's brother; Aka: Johnny |
| Michael |
Donahue | One of Lewis's colleagues |
| Dr. |
Fennick | Anna's doctor |
| Mr. |
Green Car | Cannabis dealer |
| Mr. |
Hart | Ruby's science teacher |
| Miss |
Plunkett | Ruby's teacher |
| Mrs. |
Theobald | Barbara's client |
| Mrs. |
Turner | Anna's old neighbor and midwife |
| Alice |
| Fictional character in Alice in Wonderland |
| Barbara |
| Ruby's adoptive mother |
| Ben |
| Ruby's seatmate |
| Crispin |
| Tom's brother; Aka: Milk Bottle |
| Cynthia |
| Anna's mother |
| Elaine |
| Mick's sister |
| Elizabeth |
| Tom's sister |
| Jayne |
| One of Ruby's neighbors |
| Joe |
| Ruby's childhood neighbor |
| Libby |
| One of Ruby's neighbors |
| Luca |
| One of Lewis's friends in London |
| Melissa |
| Ruby's classmate |
| Mick |
| Ruby's adoptive father |
| Nicola |
| Melissa's friend |
| Peter |
| Tom's father |
| Rose |
| Anna's new friend |
| Roz |
| Tom's mother |
| Ruby |
| Protagonist and narrator; Aka: Shona |
| Samuel |
| Stella's husband |
| Shadow |
| The ghost that Ruby sees |
| Sonia |
| Anna's friend |
| Stella |
| Anna's new friend |
| Terence |
| One of Lewis's colleagues |
| Tom |
| Ruby's new friend; Aka: Sterling |
| Trudy |
| Mick and Barbara's real daughter, deceased |
| Vincent |
| One of Lewis's colleagues |
