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Book cover of What Kind of Paradise
What Kind of ParadiseJanelle Brown

Characters in What Kind of Paradise

4 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Esme Nowak

    Raised in isolation in a Montana cabin believing her name was Jane; flees to San Francisco after uncovering her father's crimes and her own hidden past.

Supporting characters

  • Theresa Nowak

    Esme's mother, a well-known futurist believed to have died in a car accident when Esme was four.

  • Lionel (What Kind of Paradise)

    A 21-year-old Stanford graduate and tech worker in San Francisco whom Esme meets in an early-internet chat room; becomes her ally.