Characters in The tiger in the grass

Supporting characters

• Great-Aunt Alice

  An eccentric eighty-two-year-old woman who, empowered by a lucid memory, lives out her final, physically debilitated years with grace.

• Edie

  An Englishwoman who arrives in California to bring sanity and peace to a household with five half-orphaned children and a despairing widower.

• Paco

  An eight-year-old boy caught between the longing of childhood and the harsh realities of his meager circumstances in a Mexican village.

• Gloria

  An eleven-year-old girl navigating the transition from childhood to maturity in a small Mexican village.

• Sara Everton

  A recurring character from Doerr's previous novel, Stones for Ibarra, who appears in several stories reflecting on her life in Mexico.

• Richard Everton

  Sara's husband, whose shared life and experiences in Mexico are explored in some of the collection's stories.