| Farrah |
Fawcett | Ruth's dog |
| Robert |
Frost | American poet |
| James |
Galdolfini | American actor |
| Bill |
Gates | Co-founder of Microsoft |
| Daisy |
Goldstar | Baker at Dean & DeLuca |
| Sloan |
Kettering | Cancer-research institute name (Memorial Sloan-Kettering) |
| Maria |
McKee | American singer-songwriter |
| Jen |
Norman | Belle's gym teacher |
| Ayn |
Rand | Russian writer and philosopher |
| Keith |
Richards | English musician and songwriter |
| Dr. |
Soprano | Hospital doctor |
| Mr. |
Summer | Ash's shop teacher |
| Dr. |
Zolgati | Dentist accused of sexual misconduct |
| Edichka |
| Ash's best friend who suffers from ovarian cancer. Aka: Edi |
| Jude |
| Edi's husband |
| Ellen |
| Social worker |
| Dashiell |
| Edi and Jude's son. Aka: Dash |
| Ashley |
| Narrator, Edi's best friend. Aka: Ash |
| Cedar |
| The man Ash dated |
| Olga |
| Edi's nurse |
| Ruth |
| Long-time patient at the hospital |
| Jonah |
| Edi's brother |
| Jules |
| Ash's daughter |
| Belle |
| Ash's other daughter |
| Honey |
| Ash's ex-husband. Aka: Gator |
| Zeus |
| Edi's dog |
| Junior |
| Long-time patient |
| Scrivener |
| Close friend of Belle. Aka: Scriv |
| Violet |
| Nurse |
| Irv |
| Jude's great-uncle |
| Thumper |
| Belle's cat |
| Jelly |
| Belle's cat |
| Paul |
| Ash's friend |
| Alice |
| Edi's friend |
| Luca |
| Ash's ex-boyfriend |
| Gemma |
| Honey's client |
| Finola |
| Gemma's daughter |
| Phineas |
| Gemma's twin brother |
| Laura |
| Chaplain |
| Edith |
| Church member |
