| Johann Sebastian |
Bach | German composer and musician. |
| Ludwig van |
Beethoven | German composer and pianist. |
| Aidan |
Berne | A mysterious man Grace found in the house of her mother-in-law. |
| Sarah |
Brody | Gene's live-in nurse. |
| Harry |
Busby | One of Dr. Lighthart's patients. |
| Frederic |
Chopin | Polish composer. |
| Antonin |
Dvorak | Czech composer. |
| Ralph |
Eastman | A salesman. |
| Dr. |
Franklin | The Hunts Beach physician. |
| Ned |
Gardiner | Grace's acquaintance. |
| Grace |
Holland | A pregnant mother of two whose life was upended by the 1947 Maine fire. |
| Eugene |
Holland | Grace's husband. Aka: Gene. |
| Merle |
Holland | Gene's mother. |
| Mr. |
Holland | Gene's father. |
| Grace |
Holland | Appears in the closing scene, set in 1950. |
| Dr. John |
Lighthart | The local doctor. |
| Rosie |
MacFarland | Grace's friend. |
| Mrs. |
McPeek | One of Dr. Lighthart's patients. |
| Wolfgang Amadeus |
Mozart | Prolific and influential composer. |
| Eugene |
O'Neill | American playwright. |
| Reverend |
Phillips | A minister. |
| Patty |
Rooney | Grace's acquaintance. |
| Marjorie |
Tate | Grace's mother. |
| Dot |
Truitt | An artist connected to the Clay Guild of the Eastern Shore. |
| Matthew |
York | A kind man who rescues Grace and her children. Aka: Matt. |
| Amy |
| A nurse. |
| Barbara |
| Ana's co-worker. |
| Brahma |
| A German composer. |
| Claire |
| Grace's daughter. |
| Eddie |
| Rosie's youngest son. |
| Edith |
| Rosie's acquaintance. |
| Elaine |
| Dr. Lighthart's sister-in-law. |
| Evelyn |
| One of Marjorie's good friends. |
| Freddie |
| A dog. |
| Gladys |
| One of Marjorie's good friends. |
| Ian |
| Rosie's son. |
| Jensen |
| A jeweler. |
| Joan |
| Matthew's wife. |
| Joe |
| The gardener. |
| Judith |
| Gene's nurse. |
| Julie |
| A nurse. |
| Maureen |
| Marjorie's neighbor. |
| Peggy |
| A housekeeper. |
| Roger |
| Matthew's son. |
| Sofia |
| Ned's wife. |
| Tim |
| Rosie's husband. |
| Tom |
| Grace's son. |
