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	THE END OF YOUR LIFE BOOK CLUB Characters By Chapter	EDITOR: Remy Hale

CH FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION 1     Crossing to Safety   Will Schwalbe An author, entrepreneur, and journalist.   Wallace Stegner American novelist, short story writer. 2     Appointment in Samara   Ken Follett Welsh author.   John Irving American-Canadian novelist and screenwriter.   E. M. Forster English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist.   Doug   Will Schwalbe's brother.   Nina   Will Schwalbe's sister.   John Dixon Australian comic book artist.   Nancy Dupree American historian.   Ahmad Shah Massound Afghan politician and military commander.   Ian McEwan English novelist and screenwriter.   Peter Shaffer English playwright and screenwriter.   Nico   Will's mother's oldest grandchild.   David 1   Will's partner.   John O'Hara American writer.   Wylie   John O'Hara's daughter.   George W. Bush 43rd U.S. President.   William S. Maugham English playwright, novelist, and short story writer.   Christiane Amanpour British-Iranian journalist and television host.   Larry King American television and radio host.   W. H. Auden British-American poet.   Pieter Bruegel An artist. 3     Seventy Verses on Emptiness   Sally   Nina's partner.   Akkineni Nagarjuna Indian film actor.   Gareth Sparham A scholar and translator in the field of Tibetan Buddhism.   Dr. Eileen O'Reilly An oncologist.   Roberto Bolaño Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist.   Michael Thomas A young writer originally from Boston.   Rodger   Will's family friend.   Milo   One of Will's mother's grandchildren.   Cy   One of Will's mother's grandchildren.   Khaled Hosseini American novelist and physician.   Susan Halpern A social worker and psychotherapist.   Richard Meier American abstract artist and architect.   David Halberstam American writer, journalist, and historian.   Jean   Halberstam's wife. 4     Marjorie Morningstar   Mary Anne   Will Schwalbe's mother.   Skip   Mary Anne's younger brother.   Mildred Dunnock A drama teacher. Aka: Millie.   Herman Wouk American author.   Marjorie Morgenstern A New York Jewish girl in the 1930s.   Varian Fry Key figure in the history of the Int'l Rescue Committee.   Bob Chapman A professor.   F. Scott Fitzgerald American novelist, screenwriter, and short-story writer.   Zelda Fitzgerald American novelist, socialite, and painter.   Scottie   F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's daughter.   Herman Melville American novelist, short story writer and poet. 5     The Hobbit   Martin Scorsese Italian-American film director.   Julia Child The house owner.   Munro Leaf American author of children's literature.   Adolf Hitler German politician and leader of the Nazi Party.   Crockett Johnson American cartoonist.   Maurice Sendak American illustrator and writer of children's books.   Ian Fleming English author, journalist.   Roald Dahl British novelist, short-story writer, poet, and screenwriter.   J. R. R. Tolkien English writer, poet, philologist, and academic.   C. S. Lewis British writer and lay theologian.   Bob Dylan American singer-songwriter.   John Denver American singer-songwriter.   George Best Northern Irish professional footballer.   Harold Pinter British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor.   Irene Selznick American socialite and theatrical producer.   Freddie Brisson A producer.   Rosalind Russell An actress. Freddie Brisson's wife.   Shirley Temple American actress, singer, dancer.   Robert F. Kennedy Former United States Attorney General. Aka: Bobby.   Martin Luther King, Jr. American Christian minister and activist.   Edward Steichen American photographer.   Carl Sandburg American poet.   John Updike American novelist.   John F. Kennedy 35th U.S. President.   Ngaio Marsh New Zealand writer.   Agatha Christie English writer.   Erle Stanley Gardner American lawyer and author.   Leon Uris American author of historical fiction.   James A. Michener American author.   Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Russian novelist,   Günter Grass German novelist, poet, playwright.   Malcolm X   American Muslim minister.   Paul Revere American silversmith.   Esther Forbes American novelist, historian.   Henry W. Longfellow American poet and educator.   Alistair MacLean Scottish novelist.   Mrs. Murphy Mary Anne's acquaintance.   Surrey   A dog.   Paul Jenkins American abstract expressionist painter.   David S. Rohde American author and investigative journalist.   Tom   One of Will's friends.   Andy   One of Will's friends.   Hugh Grant English actor and film producer.   Joan Didion American writer. 6     Daily Strength for Daily Needs   Mary Wilder Tileston An author.   William Lawrence Bishop of Massachusetts.   Jeremy Taylor A cleric in the Church of England.   Bernie Siegal American writer and retired pediatric surgeon.   Charlie Chaplin English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer.   Marilynne Robinson American novelist and essayist.   Rohinton Mistry Canadian-Indian writer.   Nancy   Will's sister-in-law.   Siobhan Dowd British writer and activist.   Anne Lamott American novelist and non-fiction writer. 7     People of the Book   Thomas Mann German novelist, short story writer.   Geraldine Brooks American-Australian journalist and novelist.   Louisa May Alcott American novelist, short story writer.   Karen Connelly Canadian travel writer, novelist and poet.   Nic McGegan British harpsichordist, flautist, and conductor.   Hamid Karzai Former President of Afghanistan.   Wolfgang Mozart A composer. 8     "I Am Sorrow"   Sister Mater   Nun from Philippines working in refugee camp in Thailand.   Mang Quan Mary Anne's acquaintance.   Chong Thao One of the children in the camp.   Ly Kham Mary Anne and Nina's friend.   Sindy Cheung One of the refugees. 9     The Uncommon Reader   William Trevor Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer.   Donna Leon American author.   Dennis Lehane American author.   Colin Cotterill London-born teacher, comic book writer and cartoonist.   Alexander McCall Smith British writer.   Alan Bennett English actor, author, playwright, and screenwriter.   Lucy   Will's niece.   Adrian   Lucy's brother.   Pippa Scott Mary Anne's lifelong friend.   Mikhail Baryshnikov Russian-American dancer, choreographer, and actor.   Gelsey Kirkland American ballerina.   Janet Suzman British-South African actress.   Paul Scofield English actor of stage and screen.   Edith Nesbit English author and poet.   Arthur Ransome English author and journalist.   Iris Murdoch British novelist and philosopher. 10     The Lizard Cage   Elie Wiesel American-Romanian writer.   Ishmael Beah Sierra Leonean author and human rights activist.   Aung San Suu Kyi State Counselor of Myanmar. 11     Brat Farrar   Randy Pausch A computer scientist and professor.   Jeffrey Zaslow American author and journalist.   Jane Austen English novelist.   T. S. Eliot A poet, essayist, publisher.   Wallace Stevens American modernist poet.   Elizabeth Bishop American poet and short-story writer.   Jacquelne Kennedy Former First Lady of the United States.   Josephine Tey Scottish author.   Jerome K. Jerome English writer and humorist.   Patricia Highsmith American novelist and short story writer.   Elizabeth MacKintosh Real name of Josephine Tey. 12     Continental Drift   Fred   A Presbyterian minister.   P. G. Wodehouse English author.   Lewis Carroll English writer of children's fiction.   Tennessee Williams American playwright.   Russell Banks American writer of fiction and poetry.   William Golding British novelist, playwright, and poet. 13     The Painted Veil   John Kermue Mary Anne's acquaintance.   Judy Mayotte Mary Anne's friend. 14     Murder in the Cathedral   Jhumpa Lahiri American author.   Henry David Thoreau American essayist, poet, and philosopher.   Charles Dickens English writer and social critic.   Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury.   Elaine Pagels American religious historian.   Theresa Lang A philanthropist.   Barack Obama 44th U.S. President. 15     Wherever You Go, There You Are   Jon Kabat-Zinn American professor emeritus of medicine.   Thomas Mann German novelist, short story writer, social critic.   Clark Gable American film actor.   Leslie Howard English stage and film actor.   Kristen Mulvihill David Rohde's wife. 16     Kokoro   Fabienne   Will's brother's first wife.   Natsume Sōseki Japanese novelist.   Edwin McClellan British teacher. 17     The Price of Salt   Alfred Hitchcock English film director and producer.   Caesar Augustus Former Roman emperor.   Toni Morrison American novelist, essayist, book editor.   Dave Eggers American writer, editor, and publisher.   David Sedaris American humorist, comedian, author.   Nikki Giovanni American poet.   Timothy J. Russert American television journalist.   Geoffrey Wolff American novelist, essayist, biographer.   Pat Conroy American author.   James McBride American writer and musician.   J. R. Moehringer American novelist.   Colm Tóibín Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist.   Andrew Holleran American novelist, essayist, and short story writer.   David K. Reynolds An author.   Yoshimoto Ishin Japanese businessman. 18     The Reluctant Fundamentalist   Mohsin Hamid British-Pakistani novelist.   Mrs. Williams A homeroom teacher.   Charles Taylor Former President of Liberia. 19     The Year of Magical Thinking   Patrick Swayze American actor, dancer, singer, and songwriter.   Barbara Walters American journalist, author, and television personality.   Susan   Mary Anne's acquaintance.   Quintana Roo Dunne Joan Didion's daughter.   Lee Atwater American political consultant. 20     Olive Kitteridge   Dr. Kathleen Foley Nina's friend.   Nessa Coyle A nurse practitioner.   Daniyal Mueenuddin American-Pakistani author.   Elizabeth Strout American novelist.   Curt   Mary Anne's favorite nurse. 21     Girls Like Us   George Bernard Shaw Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist.   Idina Sackville English aristocrat.   Frances Osborne Idina Sackville's biographer.   Susan Pedersen Canadian historian.   Sheila Weller A journalist.   Carole King American singer-songwriter.   Joni Mitchell Canadian singer-songwriter.   Carly Simon American singer-songwriter.   James Taylor American singer-songwriter. 22     Suite Française   Irene Némirovsky A novelist of Ukrainian Jewish.   Denise   Némirovsky's daughter.   Albert Einstein Theoretical physicist.   Ralph Waldo Emerson American essayist, lecturer, and philosopher. 23     The Bite of the Mango   Liv Ullmann One of Mary Anne's friends.   Carolyn Makinson One of Mary Anne's friends.   Dr. Shamail Azimi The first woman doctor to return to Afghanistan.   Mariatu Kamara An author and survivor of the civil war in Sierra Leon.   Susan McClelland An author.   Larry Kramer Mary Anne's great friend.   David 2   Larry Kramer's partner. 24     The Elegance of the Hedgehog   Muriel Barbery French novelist and philosophy teacher.   Mary Oliver American poet.   Nikki Giovanni American poet. 25     The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo   Andy   Mary Anne's friend.   Stieg Larsson Swedish journalist and writer.   Sue Grafton American author of detective novels.   Val McDermid Scottish crime writer.   Sara Paretsky American author of detective fiction. 26     Brooklyn   Christopher Isherwood An Anglo-American novelist, playwright,a screenwriter.   W. H. Auden British-American poet. 27     My Father's Tears   Clarice Cliff English ceramic artist.   Lucie Rie Austrian-born British studio potter.   Hans Coper German-born British studio potter.   Edmund de Waal English artist, master potter and author.   Julian Stair English potter, academic and writer.   Rupert Spira An international teacher.   Carina Ciscato A Brazilian potter.   Chris Keenan The potter.   Victor LaValle American author.   Thomas Pynchon American novelist.   James Van Der Zee American photographer.   Douglas   Mary Anne's husband.   Richard Nixon 37th U.S. President. 28     Too Much Happiness   Reynolds Price American poet, novelist, dramatist.   Alice Munro Canadian short story writer.   Gabriel   A nurse.   Mary Oliver American poet.   John Ruskin English art critic. Epi Brother Brian   One who runs De La Salle Academy in Manhattan.   John Kermue One of Mary Anne's friends.   Momoh   One of Mary Anne's friends.   Dice   One of Mary Anne's friends.   Winnie   One of Mary Anne's friends.   Emma Kirkby An English soprano.   Walter Kaiser Mary Anne's lifelong friend.   Marina Vaizey Mary Anne's closest friend.

The End of Your Life Book Club suggested by Judy Kendler