The Younger Wife
The Younger WifeSally Hepworth
Characters in The Younger Wife
7 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Heather Wisher
An interior designer engaged to Stephen Aston and younger than both his daughters; guards a traumatic past of her own.
Tully Aston
Stephen's daughter, outwardly poised but privately unravelling under money troubles and a compulsion she hides.
Rachel Aston
Stephen's daughter, a successful baker who has kept a decades-old trauma hidden from her family.
Antagonists
Heather
Stephen's younger fiancée, viewed as an interloper by his daughters. She has secrets of her own that could unleash dangerous impulses.
Supporting characters
The Former Wife
Stephen's current wife, who is in a precarious position and can no longer speak for herself, prompting her daughters to seek the truth.
Pam Aston
Stephen's first wife and the mother of Tully and Rachel, now living in care with dementia and unable to speak for herself.