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Anna

This character is the protagonist of the novel. By the time of the narrative's opening, this character has been struggling to process the deaths of her husband and young daughter for nearly a year. The grief this character experiences saddles her with a variety of problematic symptoms, such as agoraphobia and anxiety.

Ethan

This character was adopted when he was five years old, but he is 16 years old at the time when the narrative opens. This character is a manipulative and cunning sociopath who uses violence without hesitation if he does not get what he wants. This character ends up murdering his biological mother with a letter opener because she does not reveal the name of this character's biological father.

Alistair

This character is the adoptive father of the sociopath who kills his own biological mother and who later tries to kill the protagonist. This character is controlling...

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