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WE ARE NOT OURSELVES
 by Matthew Thomas


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     PART 1 - DAYS UNDER SUN AND RAIN
     1951-1982
1 Eileen Tumulty 4th Grade Irish 9 year old
  Mr.Hurley Irish Dancing Teacher
  Tom  Sheila's boyfriend
  Sheila  Tom's girlfriend
  MikeTumulty Eileen's father
  Mr.Kehoe Boarder in Eileen's house
  DannyGlasheen Eileen's mother's cousin
2 Kittie  Eileen's aunt
  Schmidts  Eileen's neighbors
3 Mrs.Grady Eileen's neighbor
  Mrs.Long Eileen's neighbor
  Deirdre  Eileen's mother's mother
  Mary Alice  Sister (Nun) teacher
  Pat  Eileen's male cousin, 4.5 yrs. younger
  Paddy  Eileen's uncle, father's older brother
4 Margie  Mother's youngest sister
  Ronnie  Eileen's aunt
  Lilly  Eileen's aunt
  Desi  Eileen's uncle, father's younger brother
  Eddie  Eileen's uncle
  Davey  Eileen's uncle
  Nora  Eileen's cousin
  Brendan  Eileen's cousin
  Mickey  Eileen's cousin
  Eamonn  Eileen's cousin
  DeClan  Eileen's cousin
  Margaret  Eileen's cousin
  Trish  Eileen's cousin
  Sean  Eileen's cousin
  Willie  Desi's oldest brother
  BillyMalague Eileen went on date with
5 VirginiaTowers Old schoolmate of Eileen. Aka: Ginny
  LelandCallon Virginia's fiancee
  Hiram  Eileen's mother's friend
7 Ruth  Friend of Eileen
  TommyDelaney Ruth arranged date with Eileen
  Frank  Friend of Ruth
  EdLeary Eileen's date
  CindyCoakley Old friend of Eileen
  JackCoakley Cindy's husband
  MarieCudahy Eileen's friend
  TomCudahy Marie's husband
8 Cora  Ed's mother
  Hugh  Ed's father
  Phil  Ed's younger brother
  Fiona  Ed's sister
  AngeloOrlando Owner, room rented by Eileen & Ed
  LenaOrlando Angelo's wife
  GaryOrlando Angelo's son
  DonnyOrlando Angelo's son
  BrendaOrlando Angelo's daughter
  Consolata  Angelo's sister, lives on 3rd floor
  FrankMcGuire Friend of Eileen
  PeteMcNeese Bar friend of Big Mike
11 ShaneCoakley Cindy Coakley's son
  StevenCudahy Marie Cudahy's son
  CarlyCudahy Twin daughter of Marie
  SavannahCudahy Twin daughter of Marie
  KellyFlanahan Friend of Eileen
  EvelineFlanahan Daughter of Eveline
  HenryFlanahan Son of Eveline
  ConnellLeary Son of Eilee
12 CarlWashington Mike's co-driver at beer company
  NathanielWashington Carl Washington's son
     PART II - THE SALAD DAYS 10/23/86
14 Sharon  Brenda's 4 year old daughter
     PART III - BREATH THE RICH AIR 1991
15 Mr.Cotswald Connell's teacher
   Palumbos Eileen's neighbors
  Farshid  Iranian classmate of Connell
  GeneCooney Eileen's neighbor
17 Mr.Liu Chinese grocer
18 Mrs.Ehrlich Connell's teacher
  LauraHollis Connell's schoolmate
  PeteMcCauley Connell's schoolmate
  JuanCastro Connell's schoolmate
  ShaneDunn Connells schoolmate
  JohnNg Connell's schoolmate
  ElbertLim Connells schoolmate
  Mrs.Balarezo Connell's teacher
  Tommy  Connell's schoolmate
  Gustavo Cruz Connell's schoolmate
  Kevin  Connell's schoolmate
  Danny  Connell's schoolmate
  Carlos  Connell's schoolmate
  Pat  Uncle, Mother's 1st cousin
  StanfordWhite Designed Bronx NYU campus
21 FatherFinnegan Previous priest
  FatherCoudhary New priest
22 Gloria  Real Estate Agent
24 BennyErazo Bully to Connell
  Jose  Benny's little brother
27 Hector  Connell's friend
28 MissMontero Connell's teacher
  Andy  Works at Korean Optimo store
  ChristinTaddei Girl Connell asked out
30 Curt  Eileen's hair stylist
  Sandro  Arturo's (restaurant) son
32 Jen  Cindy Coakley's sister, agent
34 ThomasThomas Bought Eileen's house
     PART IV - LEVEL, SQUARE & TRUE 91-95
35 RodHenni Tall boy in new school
  CoachAmedure Cross country coach
  Stefan  On cross country team
  ToddCoughlin On cross country team
  DeclanCoyne Classmate of Connell
  Brewster  Friend of Declan
  Rebecca  Girl at evening party
42 Dr.Aitken Eileen's doctor
  Dr.Khalifa Neurologist
  Sister Alberta  Eileen's childhood teacher
48 Evan  Old friend of Learys
  Kelly  Old friend of Learys
49 Kathy  Friend of Eileen
  Dr. JeremyBrill Ruth's therapist
  Sunny  Eileen's friend from work
  BruceEpstein Tax lawyer
50 Regina  Connell's girlfried
54 StanKovey Ed's Chair at college
  JasperTate Ed's partner on grant research
59 Linda  Phil's wife
62 Kaitlin  Connell bought valentine for
66 Jenna  Connell's co-actor
68 Elyse  Pat and Tess's daughter
  Cecily  Pat and Tess's daughter
     PART V - DESIRE IS FULL OF . . . 1996
69 PaulaCoogan Eileen's previous supervisor
  AdelaideHenry Paula Coogan's replacement
70 Bethany  Eileen's old friend
  Teresa  Bethany's daughter
  Walt  Was married to Bethany
  Rachelle  Channeler
  Vywamus  Voice from Rachelle
73 SargeantGarger Policeman watching Ed
74 Sal  Gardener
  Dale  Director of play
  Oberon  Character in play
75 NadyaKarpon One of Eileen's nurses
  Sergei  Brother of Nadya
76 Mr.Corso Connell's old teacher
  Mr. Kotowsi Connell's debate coach
77 Mr.Marku Connell's boss at apartment building
  Sadie  Connell's co-worker
  Mrs.Braverman Twelfth floor tenant
  Mr.Caldecott Tenth floor tenant
78 Mr.Shanahan Twelfth floor investment banker
  Chase  Mr. Shanahan's son
  Mr.Grossman Jr. Year English teacher
85 Emily  Old friend of Eileen
  Calypsa  Tropical bird at nursing home
  Kacey  Social Director at nursing home
     PART VI -THE REAL ESTATE . . 1997-2000
89 ReinholdHuggins Ex-roommate of Ed
  Mrs.Klein Friend in nursing home
  MrsSonnabend Friend in nursing home
93 Karla  Lady on airplane with Connell
95 Danielle  Connell's girlfriend
  Delores  Fifth-grader Connell helped with reading
  Peter  Mr Marku's son, 8th grade
  Violet  Connell dated after college
97 Rod  Kid in photos of track meet with Ed
101 ThomasThomas Bought old house from Eileen
  AnabelThomas Thomas's wife
  Thomas Thomas Son of Thomas. Aka: Vijay
Epi CarminePriore Connell's student
  NickIndelicato Connell's student
  TommyDaulto Connell's student
  MarvinNeri Connell's student
  BrendanKing Connell's student
  JustinNix Connell's student
  DannyPurpano Connell's student
  Michelle  Connell's wife
 Ricky  Michelle's brother in California
 
 
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