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Calvin Trillin

This character is married to the person about whom the memoir is written. This character is a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine.

Alice Trillin

This character is the child of a failed businessman. This character is very attractive and suffers with lung cancer.

Abigail

This character is the older of two children. As an adult, this character becomes a legal-services attorney for children.

Sara

This character is the younger of two children. When this character is four years old, a parent is diagnosed with lung cancer.

Dick Francis

This character is a jockey who becomes a novelist.

Nora Ephron

This character is a writer, screenwriter and director who speaks at a friend's memorial service.

Mina Shaughnessy

This character is a writer and educator who dies of ovarian cancer.

Alice's Father

This person is an inventor who finds some success at a young age after...

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