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Victor Tuchman

This character is selfish, and physically and psychologically abusive to family members. This character is also charged with criminal wrongdoing and, early in the novel, suffers a serious heart attack.

Barbra Tuchman

This character suffers physical abuse from a spouse and tries, at times, to protect the character's children from the abusive spouse.

Alex Tuchman

This character, recently divorced at the beginning of the novel, struggles to understand the character's family dynamic and secrets.

Gary Tuchman

This character, a television producer, ultimately refuses to travel home to New Orleans and help family members in a time of crisis.

Twyla Tuchman

This character is talented in makeup application and makes a terrible mistake involving infidelity that ultimately ends the character's marriage.

Sadie

This young character is the sole inheritor of a grandparent's estate when that grandparent dies towards the end of the novel. This character chooses to split...

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