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Jane LIpton Jones

This character is a 35-year-old reluctant wife who graduated from Wellesley College at the age of 19 in 1976 with a degree in speech pathology.

Oliver Jones, Ph.D.

This forty-year-old marine biologist is an absent father and unfaithful husband who is obsessed with whales.

Rebecca Jones

As a fourteen-year old when the story begins, this character seeks solid, unshakable love.

Sam Hansen

This twenty-five-year-old character owns and operates one of the few profitable apple orchards in Massachusetts. Raised on the farm, he followed his father into the business.

Joley LIpton

This thirty-one-year-old character has never found a woman to measure up to his sister. His sister protects him from their father and saves him from drowning in ten-foot surf at Plum Island, Massachusetts when he is seven.

Hadley Slegg

This twenty-five-year-old character is raised on the orchard near Sam Hansen and is his best friend for...

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