Kin
KinTayari Jones
Characters in Kin
5 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Vernice
Annie (Kin)
A motherless girl abandoned as an infant by her mother Hattie Lee; grows up in Honeysuckle, Louisiana as Vernice's inseparable childhood friend and later searches for her mother.
Supporting characters
Irene (Kin)
Vernice's reluctant aunt, who returns from Ohio to raise her niece after Vernice's mother is killed.
Hattie Lee
Annie's biological mother, who abandoned her as an infant and later refuses to reconcile when Annie finds her in Memphis.
Lulabelle
Runs a Mississippi boarding house for working women and becomes a maternal figure to Annie during her journey.