| 1 | Penelope | Jackson | Tony's girlfriend. |
| | | | PART I WEDNESDAY |
| 2 | Kevin | Infante | Police detective. Aka: Kev. |
| | Debbie | | One of Kevin's flings. |
| | Nancy | Porter | Kevin's former partner. |
| | Harold | Lenhardt | Police sergeant. |
| 3 | Kay | Sullivan | Social worker. |
| | Grace | | One of Kay's children. |
| | Seth | | One of Kay's children. |
| | Dr. | Schumeier | Resident psychiatrist. |
| | Gloria | Bustamante | Defense attorney. |
| | Sally | | Estelle and Herb's daughter. |
| | Patty | Hearst | American author and actress. Kidnap victim. |
| 4 | Sunshine | Bethany | One of the Bethany girls. Aka: Sunny. |
| | Heather | Bethany | One of the Bethany girls. |
| | Arthur | Goode | Convicted child murderer who was electrocuted in Florida in 1984. |
| 5 | Mrs. | Koger | Heather's sixth-grade teacher. |
| | Irene | Dunham | Stan's wife. |
| | | | PART II THE MAN WITH THE BLUE GUITAR (1975) |
| 6 | Jamie | Altman | Heather's childhood sweetheart. |
| 7 | Miriam | Bethany | Sunny and Heather's mother. Aka: Miriam Toles. |
| | Dave | Bethany | Sunny and Heather's father. |
| | Jeff | Baumgarten | Miriam's boss and lover. |
| | | McGovern | One of Sunny's schoolmates. |
| | Lyle | Malone | One of Sunny's schoolmates. |
| 9 | Elsie | | Hardware store counterwoman. |
| | Benny | | One of the previous owners of Dave's store. |
| | Gordon | | One of the previous owners of Dave's store. |
| | Wallace | Stevens | American modernist poet. |
| | Mrs. | Baumgarten | Jeff's wife. |
| 10 | Beth | | Heather's friend. |
| | Roy | Pincharelli | Sunny's music teacher. |
| | | | PART III THURSDAY |
| 11 | Mrs. | Lenhardt | Harold's wife. |
| | Chester V. | Willoughby IV | Retired cop. Aka: Chet. |
| 12 | Javier | | Joe's employee. |
| | Joe | Fleming | The owner of San Miguel de Allende's shops. |
| | Bud | | Heather's blanket. |
| | Fitz | | Sunny's imaginary friend. |
| | Tillie | Bingham | Dave's neighbor. |
| | Miss | Rigby | One of Joe's customers. |
| 13 | Evelyn | | Willoughby's wife. |
| 14 | Felicia | Bethany | Dave's mother. Aka: Florence Bethany. |
| | | | PART IV |
| | | | PRAJAPATAYE SVAHA. PRAJAPATAYE IDAM NA MAMA. (1976) |
| 16 | Herb | Turner | Sunny and Heather's maternal grandfather. |
| | Estelle | Turner | Sunny and Heather's maternal grandmother. |
| 18 | Kathy | | One of Five Minutes in Heaven players. |
| | Ruth | Leibig | One of Heather's aliases. |
| | Jeffrey | | One of Five Minutes in Heaven players. |
| | Bill | | One of Five Minutes in Heaven players. |
| | | | PART V FRIDAY |
| 20 | Cynthia | | One of Kay's neighbors. |
| | Mrs. | Forrest | One of Kay's neighbors. |
| | Felix | | A cat. |
| | Tabitha | | Kevin's ex-wife. Aka: Tabby. |
| | Patty | | Kevin's second wife. |
| | Stan | Dunham | Retired police sergeant. |
| | Raymond | Hertzbach | Stan's lawyer. |
| | Donald | Leonard | Hertzbach friend. |
| | Anthony Julius | Dunham | Stan's son. Aka: Tony. |
| | | | PART VI PHONEMATES (1983) |
| 24 | Etan | Patz | A boy who disappeared on his way to his school bus stop. |
| | Adam | Walsh | A boy who was abducted from a Sears department store. |
| | Lyman | Tanner | Person of interest. |
| | Yvonne | Yepletsky | Tanner's neighbor. |
| 25 | Rose | | One of Miriam friends. |
| 26 | Randy | | The Swiss Colony manager. |
| | Sylvia | | The name Randy thought was Syl's real name. |
| | Priscilla | Browne | One of Heather's aliases. Aka: Syl. |
| | | | PART VII SATURDAY |
| 27 | Wayne | Tolliver | Inspector from the Brunswick fire department. |
| | Aaron | Parrish | Tony's neighbor. |
| 29 | Eleanor | | Florence's cat. |
| 30 | John | Martielli | Sunny and Heather's dentist. |
| | | | PART VIII THINGS AS THEY ARE (1989) |
| 35 | Barbara | Monroe | One of Heather's aliases. Aka: Barb. |
| | Mary Rose | Hennessey | A thirty-five-year employee of the Fairfax Gazette. |
| | Susan | | One of Fairfax Gazette's employees. |
| | Mike | Bagley | Fairfax Gazette editor. |
| 36 | Lisa | Steinberg | Murder victim. |
| | Miss | Wanda | One of Dave's neighbors. |
| | Jessica | | A girl in Texas who fell into a well. |
| | Pepper | | Dave's employee. |
| | | | PART IX SUNDAY |
| 38 | Terrie | | Nursing aide. |
| 41 | Mr. | Madison | Bus driver. |
| | Cameron | Heinz | One of Heather's aliases. Aka: Ketch. |
| | | | PART X SWADHAYAYA |
| 42 | Andy | Porter | Nancy's husband. |
