Meet the Cast
Lennon "Lennie" Walker
Lennie is a character in transition. Right before the book opens, she experiences the most major change (and tragedy) of her life: her sister, Bailey's, sudden death. So when we meet her, her world...
Gram Walker
Nowhere in the book do we learn Gram's real name, and that's fitting, considering she puts her caregiving, grandmotherly relationship with the other Walkers above her own needs. She prepares meals...
Joe Fontaine
Where would Lennie be without Joe? He draws her out of her shell with his charm and positivity, he gets her to take up music again, and he becomes her reason for getting out of bed in the morning e...
Toby Shaw
Bailey's fiancé, Toby, is the moon to Joe's sun, the person who comes the closest (Lennie thinks) to understanding her grief. He's also someone Lennie is attracted to, which complicates things tre...
Bailey Walker
As readers, we'll never get to form our own opinions about Bailey. There are plenty of poems and flashbacks about her that give us a sense of her personality, but they're all memories—and they're...
Uncle Big
With his handlebar mustache, eccentric interest in miniature pyramids, and pot-smoking habit, Uncle Big can be a bit of a jester, lightening up the gravest moments in the post-Bailey Walker househo...
Sarah
Sarah is Lennie's best friend, and the first thing Lennie tells us about her is that she's full of contradictions. Specifically: Sarah is the most enthusiastic cynical person on the planet […] sh...
Paige Walker
The point of Lennie and Bailey's mother is that she's a mystery. They don't know anything about her beyond that she has the family "restless gene" and left them as babies so she could explore the w...
Minor Characters
Rachel BrazileMean GirlRachel doesn't hold back. When Lennie looks longingly at Joe during band practice, she jumps down her throat: "[…] he's like so out of your league, Lennie. I mean, when's t...