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Book cover of The Girls in the Garden
The Girls in the GardenLisa Jewell

Characters in The Girls in the Garden

7 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Pip Wild

    The younger Wild sister, new to the square, who adores her father and writes him letters about their new life.

Supporting characters

  • Grace Wild

    Pip's older sister, who turns thirteen on the day of the party and is at the centre of the events in the park.

  • Clare Wild

    Mother of Grace and Pip, who moves her daughters to a flat overlooking the park to start again.

  • Chris Wild

    Clare's husband, who has paranoid schizophrenia and has been treated in a mental health hospital.

  • Adele Howes

    A bohemian long-time resident of the square who homeschools her three daughters and starts asking questions after the event.

  • Leo Howes

    Adele's charming husband, who grew up in the family flat by the park and knows its history.

  • Tyler Rednough

    A thirteen-year-old neighbour left largely to herself by her busy single mother, close to the Howes girls.