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Shannon McFarland

A former model and the novel's narrator, this character has lost her jaw and her direction in life.

Shane McFarland/Brandy Alexander

When he is fifteen, he is burned on the face when a can of hairspray explodes in the trash that he is burning.

Evie Cottrell

She is a dramatic person who likes to put her life out where people can see it. This character lives alone in a huge house.

Manus Kelley

This is Shannon's former fiancé and a detective in the Vice department.

Sister Katherine

This is one of the nurses at the hospital who takes care of Shannon.

The Rhea Sisters

These are transvestites who have made a fortune from selling a talking doll and from their entertainment act.

Mr. and Mrs. McFarland

These individuals become obsessed with their supposedly dead son at the expense of their living daughter.

Speech Therapist

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