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Book cover of The Hypnotist's Love Story
The Hypnotist's Love StoryLiane Moriarty

Characters in The Hypnotist's Love Story

3 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Ellen O'Farrell

    A thoughtful, self-aware hypnotherapist running her own Sydney practice, drawn to Patrick and curious about the woman haunting his past.

  • Saskia

    Patrick's ex-girlfriend, a second point-of-view lead whose years of grief and obsession the novel renders with unexpected sympathy.

Supporting characters

  • Patrick

    A steady, likeable widower and surveyor, raising a young son and trying to build a new life while shadowed by his past.