Jocelyn (What magical realism would be)
Jocelyn is a bratty teenager with a rather pessimistic outlook on life. According to her, her life is a living hell. Jocelyn has to attend summer school and spend the waste the largest part of her free time writing essays on ridiculous topics.
Raleigh (What magical realism would be)
Raleigh is Jocelyn’s uncle. He is often described as a kind, patient man.
Bettina (What magical realism would be)
Bettina is Raleigh’s wife. The woman keeps a diary, in which she writes critically about her husband. Bettina’s habit to boss around irritates Jocelyn to no end.
T.G. (What magical realism would be)
T.G. is a boy whom Jocelyn fancies. However, their summer together gets spoiled by his attempt to commit suicide.
Becca (What magical realism would be)
Becca is Jocelyn’s best friend
Angie and Zelda (What magical realism would be)
Angie and Zelda are Jocelyn’s acquaintances.
The protagonist (The Fledgling)
The protagonist is a young woman who saves a bird. However, the author doesn’t add any relevant information about her past. The only thing we know is that she is kind and the sight of the little bird awakes some unpleasant memories from her childhood.
Aunt Sophie Renaldo Brown (Aunt Sophie Renaldo Brown)
Aunt Sophie Renaldo Brown is a protagonist of the story. She is an eccentric woman who likes to be in the center of everyone’s attention. She passionate about her cat, fashion, life, and her work. She adores her niece even though they are not blood-related. To her niece and readers’ shock, Aunt Sophie confesses that she is rather ill and her inevitable death is approaching.
Aunt Sophie’s niece (Aunt Sophie Renaldo Brown)
Aunt Sophie’s niece. She adores her aunt but doesn’t like her aunt’s cat.
Roy (Aunt Sophie Renaldo Brown)
Roy is an ex-husband of Sophie Renaldo Brown.
Yancey’s owner (Yancey)
Yancey’s owner is an elderly lady. She a widow, a mother, a writer, and a dog owner. Yancey becomes the center of her universe.
Yancey (Yancey)
Yancey is an elderly dog that fails to understand that she is not young anymore. Just like her owner, she grows weak with every passing day.
The wife (Silent prayer)
The wife is a woman who stays at home whilst her husband is getting ready for yet another business trip. In spite of her complaints – the majority of which are just inside jokes that only they can understand – she loves her husband and prays that his plain doesn’t crash.
The husband (Silent prayer)
The husband is a caring man who tries to provide his family with everything they need. His job requires a lot of traveling.
Joshua (Silent prayer)
Joshua is a son of the main characters.
LuAnne (Silent prayer)
LuAnne is the man’s secretary.
Hughes (Silent prayer)
Hughes is the man’s boss.
Myrtis (Endless rain into a paper cup)
Myrtis is Jocelyn’s mother.
Duff Moulton (Duff’s done enough)
Duff Moulton is an eighty-two-years-old man.
Mrs. Terhune (Duff’s done enough)
Mrs. Terhune is Duff’s neighbor.
The writer (Duff’s done enough)
The writer is a person who shows Duff and Mrs. Terhune the power and beauty of literature.
Mrs. Dunkan (Elvis is ahead of us)
Mrs. Dunkan is the narrator of the story.
Ted, Genevieve and Blake (Elvis is ahead of us)
Ted, Genevieve and Blake are local teenagers who like spending time in a house of their neighbor, who is almost always away.
Mr. Dunkan (Elvis is ahead of us)
Mr. Dunkan is Mrs. Dunkan’s husband.
Major Maybe (Major Maybe)
Major Maybe is a big black dog. The crazy woman who used to live in an apartment near Major Maybe’s owner’s place called him a devil.
Eagle Soars (Major Maybe)
Eagle Soars is the protagonist’s flat mate.
The protagonist (Major Maybe)
The protagonist is a married woman who recollects her past.
Moira (Road Movie)
Moira is the protagonist of the story. The woman tries to convince her long-term lover to leave his anorexic girlfriend and start a family with her.
Hughes (Road Movie)
Hughes is Moira’s lover.
Kunal (Road Movie)
Kunal is a worker at the motel that Moira and Hughes book.
Etta Rae and Gilly Hutchinson (The Little Hutchinsons)
Etta Rae and Gilly Hutchinson are a married couple and former good friends of the narrator.
Marcy (The Little Hutchinsons)
Marcy is Etta Rae and Gilly Hutchinson’s daughter.
Jasper (The Little Hutchinsons)
Jasper is Marcy’s fiancé. The narrator saw how he once ran the lawn mower over a turtle.
Clair Levinson-Jones (Missed Calls)
Clair Levinson-Jones is a writer and a widow of a celebrated photographer.
Terry Cavassa (Missed Calls)
Terry Cavassa is a journalist.
