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Book cover of The Good Sister
The Good SisterSally Hepworth

Characters in The Good Sister

6 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Fern Castle

    A gentle, rule-bound librarian with sensory sensitivities who narrates in first person and decides to have a baby for her twin.

Supporting characters

  • Wally (Rocco)

    An awkward, kind man Fern befriends at the library who draws her beyond her routines.

  • Nina Castle

    The twins' mother, now in a care facility after suffering brain damage; appears in the sisters' recollections of childhood.