Characters By Chapter
Kristian Fabricante
| CH | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | DESCRIPTION |
| Part I: 1985 | |||
| Rabbi Ava | Miller | Addie's grandchild. To whom the letter is addressed. aka: Ava. | |
| Jake | Addie's nephew. | ||
| Jessica | Addie's grandchild. Ava's sister. | ||
| Addie | Baum | Narrator. The Boston Girl. Aka: Miss Cavendish, Abby Brown. | |
| Arlene | Addie's daughter. Ava's aunt. | ||
| Clara | Ava's mother. | ||
| Celia | Addie's sister. aka: Sima. | ||
| Betty | Addie's eldest sister. aka: Bronia, Kurveh girl. | ||
| Part II: 1915 - 1916 | |||
| Lena | Addie's mother. aka: Mameh. | ||
| Papa | Addie's father. | ||
| Mr. | Wallace | Addie's elementary teacher. | |
| Edith | Chevalier | The one who started the library for girls. aka: The Poodle. | |
| Freistadt | Addie's neighbor. | ||
| Rose | Reardon | The President of Saturday Club. | |
| Edith | Green | Fine Arts instructor. Ran a pottery. | |
| Rock Port Lodge - Inn for Young Ladies. | |||
| Helen | Frommer | Gussie's older sister. | |
| Gussie | Frommer | Helen's sister. The Mayor of Rock Port Lodge. | |
| Maria Filomena | Gallinelli | Addie's Italian roommate and best friend. | |
| Margaret | Morse | The best cook at Rock Port Lodge. | |
| Irene | Conley | Rose's roommate. | |
| Ms. | Holbrooke | In charge of outside activities in Rock Port Lodge. | |
| Ms. | Case | Ms. Holbrook's boss. | |
| Kathleen | Irene's brother's wife. aka: The Cow. | ||
| Maria I. | Gallinelli | Filomena's sister. aka: Mimi. | |
| Maria Teresa | Gallinelli | Filomena's sister. | |
| Maria D. | Gallinelli | Filomena's sister. | |
| Maria Sofia | Gallinelli | Filomena's sister. | |
| Nahum | Addie's deceased brother. | ||
| Herman | Levine | Celia's former husband. Betty's current husband. | |
| Myron | Levine | Herman's son. aka: Mike. | |
| Jacob | Levine | Herman's son. | |
| Mrs. | Kampinsky | Addie's neighbor. | |
| Harold George | Weeks | Addie's first kiss. | |
| Michael | Culkeen | Police officer. | |
| Gilman | Rent collector. | ||
| Part III: 1917 - 1918 | |||
| Leslie | Parker | Instructor of making pots. aka: Lulu. | |
| Martin | Filomena's uncle. | ||
| Robert | Morelli | A bronze and clay artist. | |
| Bob | Morelli | The guy who covered for Leslie. | |
| Ayer School - Girls prep school. | |||
| Ms. | Powder | Addie's typing class teacher. | |
| Maureen | Blair | The best student. | |
| Mr. | Boyer | Addie's poetry teacher. | |
| Sally | Blaustein | Addie's classmate. | |
| Iris | Olshinsky | Addie's classmate. | |
| Mario | Romano | Addie's classmate. | |
| Ernie | Goldman | Addie's classmate. Dated Addie. | |
| Christiane | Filomena's nurse. | ||
| Leonard | Levine | Herman's son. | |
| Laibel | Addie's uncle. aka: Lenny. | ||
| Josephus | Daniels | Navy commander. | |
| Olive | Ms. Chevalier's friend. | ||
| Part V: 1922 - 1924 | |||
| Morris | Silverman | Herman's business partner. | |
| Richie | Betty's twin son. | ||
| Carl | Betty's twin son. | ||
| Gloria | Lettis | Rock Port Lodge's Director. | |
| Lucy | Miller | A 13 year-old with blond pigtails at Rock Port Lodge. | |
| Hannah | Washer woman at Rock Port Lodge. | ||
| Elizabeth | Styles | Mrs. Morse's sister. Deaf Instructor at Rock Port Lodge. | |
| George | Mrs. Morse's son. | ||
| Bess | Sparber | Gussie's friend from the courthouse. | |
| Ned | Lucy's uncle. | ||
| Charles | Thorndike | Tessa's husband. A writer. | |
| Tessa | Thorndike | Addie's friend. aka: Mrs. Smith, Serena. | |
| Mrs. | Kay | Addie's boarding house landlady. | |
| The Transcript - The company Addie worked at. | |||
| Mr. | Morton | Addie's interviewer and boss at The Transcript. aka: Mort. | |
| Flora | Columnist at The Transcript. | ||
| Katherine | Walters | Columnist at The Transcript. Aka: Miss Maypole, the Giraffe. | |
| Ian | Cornish | Editor at The Transcript. aka: The Bantam, Henrieta Cavendish. | |
| Part VI: 1925 - 1926 | |||
| Mary | Holland | Told Addie about the Anti-Lynching Crusade. | |
| Rita | Metsky | Law student who will be going to Pontia Law School. | |
| Aaron | Metsky | Rita's brother. Addie's then-boyfriend. | |
| Bert | Forster | 14 year-old who lost fingers on his right hand. | |
| Ruth | Aaron's cousin. | ||
| Joe | Riley | Irene's husband. | |
| Martha | Aaron's acquaintance. | ||
| Michael | Metsky | Aaron's brother. A real estate lawyer. | |
| Mildred | Metsky | Aaron's stepmother. | |
| Murray | Metsky | Aaron's father. | |
| Lois | Rosensweig | Someone Michael dated for 5 years. | |
| Part VII: 1927 | |||
| Sylvia | Ava's aunt. | ||
| Part VIII: 1931 | |||
| Simone | Aaron's biological mother. | ||
| Jonah | Eddy's daughter. | ||
| Jacob | Eddy's son. | ||
| Saul | Cohen | Art collector from Philadelphia. |
