The Burning Side
The Burning SideSarah Damoff
Characters in The Burning Side
6 characters, main characters first.Main characters
April Torres
One of two alternating protagonists; a wife and mother who accidentally leaves a stove burner lit the night their house catches fire, and who reckons with guilt, motherhood, and the strain in her marriage to Leo.
Leo Torres
April's husband, a high school history teacher shaped by a lonely, fractured childhood, whose marriage to April has quietly unraveled.
Supporting characters
Deb Russo
April's pragmatic, no-nonsense mother, who takes the family in after the fire while caring for her husband Billy through his early-onset Alzheimer's diagnosis.
Billy Russo
April's father, living with early-onset Alzheimer's; his care is central to Deb's storyline.
Sadie (The Burning Side)
April and Leo's young daughter.
Otto (The Burning Side)
April and Leo's young son.