THE MANY DAUGHTERS OF AFONG MOY by Jamie Ford Characters - Alphabetical
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FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION Fred Astaire American dancer and actor. Li Bai Chinese poet. Wendell Berry American novelist, poet, essayist and environmental activist. Alyce Bidwell Zoe's favorite teacher. Sophia Blessing A reporter. Willie Bloomquist American baseball coach. Johannes Brahms German composer and pianist. Carter Branson Greta's new acquaintance. Beau Brummell An arbiter of British men's fashion. Mark Cappis Chief officer of the ship. Nathaniel Carnes One of Afong Moy's cousins. agatha Christie English writer. John Clare An English poet. Kurt Cobain American musician. Samuel Taylor Coleridge English poet, literary critic, philosopher and theologian. Gary Cooper American actor. Angela Davis American political activist and philosopher. Simone de Beauvoir French philosopher and writer. Augustus Dickens A novelist. Youngest brother of Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens English novelist and social critic. Emily Dickenson American poet. Nanchoy Eu Tong Hannington's new interpreter. Sui Sin Far A writer. Mr. Fawcet A sailor. Scott Fitzgerald American novelist, essayist and short story writer. Betty Friedan American writer and activist. John Garland A pilot. Dr. Gentry U.S. Army flight surgeon. Andrea Gibson American poet and activist. Nikki Giovanni American poet and writer. Paulette Goddard American actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Eva Gore-Booth Irish poet and theologian. Johannes Gutenberg Designed and built the first known mechanized printing press. Waldemar Haffkine Russian-French bacteriologist. Yao Han Afong Moy's friend. Henry Hannington Afong Moy's manager. Mrs. Hannington Mr. Hannington's wife. Mrs. Hanson An old English teacher. Ernest Hemingway American novelist, short story writer and journalist. Hermann Hesse German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter. Billie Holiday American jazz and swing music singer. Bob Hope American comedian and actor. Andrew Jackson 7th U.S. President. Lady Meng Jiang Chinese tale with many variations. Ba Jin Chinese translator and writer. Elton John British singer and pianist. Frida Kahlo A Mexican painter. Rupi Kaur Canadian poet, illustrator and author. Bruce Lee American martial artist and actor. Christian Louboutin French fashion designer. Glenn Miller American big band owner, conductor, composer and arranger. Yukio Mishima Japanese author, poet, playwright and actor. Anis Mojgani American poet and visual artist. Augustus Moss Greta's acquaintance. aka: Guto. Afong Moy The first Chinese woman to set foot on American soil. Dorothy Moy Washington's former poet laureate. Faye Moy A nurse in China during WWII. Greta Moy A tech executive with a unique dating app. Lai King Moy Faye Moy's American-born mother. Zeo Moy A student in England at a famous school with no rules. Mary Oliver American poet. Yoko Ono Japanese multimedia artist and singer. Sylvia Plath American poet, novelist and short story writer. Meng Po The goddess of oblivion in Chinese mythology. Edgar Allan Poe American writer, poet, author, editor and literary critic. Ezra Pound American poet and critic. Li Qingzhao A Chinese poet. Mary Robinson England poet and actress. Ginger Rogers American actress and dancer. Theodore Roosevelt 26th U.S. President. Anne Sexton American poet. William Shakespeare English playwright and poet. Dr. Shedhorn Dorothy's physician. Frank Sinatra American singer and actor. Gertrude Stein American novelist, poet, playwright and art collector. Captain Stormalong An American folk hero. T. G. Tucker A writer. Captain Ward A pirate. Walt Whitman American poet and essayist. Norbert Wiener American mathematician and philosopher. Oscar Wilde Irish poet and playwright. Virginia Woolf An English writer. Jin Yan A Korean-born Chinese actor. W.B. Yeats An Irish poet, dramatist. writer and politician. Dei Yu Afong Moy's husband. Li Yu Chinese poet and the last ruler of the Sothern Tang dynasty. Albert 1   A merchant of dry goods. Albert 2   Albert's 1 nephew. aka: Alby. Anjalee   A company's CFO and one of the founding partners. Anna   A steerage matron. Annabel   Dorothy's daughter. Brothers Grimm   German academics, philologists, cultural researchers and authors. Clarke   Graham's friend. Confucius   A Chinese philosopher. Demeter   The Olympian goddess of agriculture, grain and bread. Ethan   One of the Jewish students. Francis   One of Afong Moy's cousins. Graham   Dorothy's favorite cohorts from Bellevue College. John   Dorothy's new acquaintance. Karan   One of the students from India. Kerkos   Sappho's husband. Koji   A student from Japan. Lily   One of Zoe's roommates. Lois   A new recruit nurse. Louis   Dorothy's live-in partner. Louis XIV   King of France. Louise   Louis' mother. Mildred   One of Zoe's roommates. Naomi   One of the Jewish students. Neysa   One of the students from India. Pasha   A fiction writer. Rumi   A 13th century poet. Samsara   An English teacher and Sanshou instructor. aka: Sam. Samuel   One of the Jewish students. Sappho   A Greek poet. Shi   A monk. Stanley   Alyce Bidwell's husband. Theo   Greta's acquaintance. aka: Guto. Toshiko   A school worker at the front desk. Trudy   Mrs. Hannington's sister. Xi   A bhikkhuni. Zofia   A student from Poland.