The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
Characters in The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
6 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Moshe Ludlow
Jewish theater and dance-hall owner in Chicken Hill, married to Chona; his store and businesses anchor the neighborhood.
Chona Ludlow
Runs the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store; her defiance of the town's white establishment and care for the neighborhood's outcasts drives much of the plot.
Nate Timblin
Black janitor at Moshe's theater and the unofficial leader of Chicken Hill's Black community; works with Chona to protect Dodo.
Antagonists
Doc Roberts
A physician tied to the local KKK who represents the town's white establishment threatening Chicken Hill's residents.
Supporting characters
Addie Timblin
Nate's wife; helps care for the grocery store and joins the effort to shield Dodo from institutionalization.
Dodo (Heaven & Earth Grocery Store)
A deaf Black orphan boy whom the Chicken Hill community bands together to protect from institutionalization by the state.