Characters in Big Little Truths

Madeline Martha Mackenzie

Quick-witted mother of teenagers, turning fifty and facing what may be the biggest challenge of her life.

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Jane Chapman

Confident her marriage to Tom is happy, until it reaches a crossroads; one of the three point-of-view mothers.

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Celeste Wright

One of the three mothers whose point of view carries the story; her worry centres on what her mother-in-law will do next.

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Bonnie Carlson

Yoga teacher and Nathan's wife, whose usual coping strategies are failing a decade after the quiz night.

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Renata Klein

Formidable career mother of the group, now living her best life and pursuing revenge on someone who wronged her.

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Mary Louise Wright

Celeste's mother-in-law, whose strange behaviour leaves it unclear whether she is simply ageing or something more sinister.

Melody Montclair

New history teacher at Pirriwee High who makes herself indispensable to households across the peninsula.

Ed Mackenzie

Madeline's husband and father of her younger children, part of the Mackenzie household at the centre of her story.

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