Characters
- Abersham, Carl-- Died at sea in 1941
- Bensohn, John-- One of the men that found Stella
- Blood, Harley-- Friend of Alden Flanders
- Bowie, Missy-- Wife of Russell
- Bowie, Russell-- Husband of Missy; died trying to cross the frozen Reach in 1980
- Child, Frank-- Islander
- Curry, Al-- Islander
- Daniels, No first name-- Died mysteriously after being suspected of molesting young girls
- Dinsmore, Freddy-- Oldest man on Goat Island; two years younger than Stella
- Dinsmore, George-- Son of Freddy
- Dodge, Mary-- Wife of Richard; midwife
- Dodge, Richard-- Islander
- Flanders, Alden-- Son of Bill and Stella
- Flanders, Bill-- Husband of Stella; Father of Jane and Alden; died in 1977
- Flanders, Stella (Godlin)--Wife of Bill; Mother of Jane and Alden
- Frane, Annabelle-- Wife of Tommy; mother of Sarah; childhood friend of Stella’s
- Frane, Tommy-- Husband of Annabelle; father of Sarah
- Godlin, Louis-- Husband of Margaret; father of Stella
- Godlin, Margaret-- Wife of Louis; mother of Stella
- Havelock, George-- “Big George”; husband of Sarah; died in 1967
- Havelock, Sarah (Frane)-- Wife of George
- Henreid, Gerd-- Islander
- Maxwell, Bradley-- Islander
- McClelland, Stewie-- Lost foot attempting to cross the Reach in 1980
- McCracken, Ewell-- Minister
- McCracken, Justin-- Son of Ewell
- McKeen, Larry-- One of the men that found Stella
- Perrault, David-- Husband of Lois; father of Hal, Lona, and Tommy
- Perrault, Hal-- Son of David and Lois; great-grandson of Stella
- Perrault, Lois(Wakefield)--Wife of David; mother of Hal, Lona, and Tommy; granddaughter of Stella
- Perrault, Lona-- Daughter of David and Lois; great-granddaughter of Stella
- Perrault, Tommy-- Son of David and Lois; great-grandson of Stella
- Phillips, Annie-- Islander
- Phillips, Toby-- Son of Annie
- Spruce, Vera-- Friend of Stella’s
- Stoddard, Hattie-- Friend of Stella’s
- Stoddard, Madeline-- Mother of Hattie
- Symes, Bull-- Islander
- Symes, Gert-- Islander
- Symes, Harold-- Son of Bull
- Wakefield, Jane(Flanders)--Daughter of Stella; wife of Richard; mother to Lois
- Wakefield, Richard-- Husband of Jane, father of Lois
- Wilson, Ettie-- Wife of Norman
- Wilson, Norman-- Husband of Ettie
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