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Unnamed Narrator

This character is the protagonist of the novel Topics of Conversation. This character is 33 years old at the time when she tells a variety of stories from different eras of her life. This character is often hard on herself when she looks back at her earlier decisions and behaviors, but she does experience a measure of satisfaction in knowing that she has kept her alcoholism in check for some time at the point of the story's telling.

Camila

This character was a friend of the protagonist's during their undergraduate work in college. This character's family hired the protagonist as a nanny for the two young boys in the family and as a result, this character got to take her friend along on the family's trip to Italy. When they embarked on their trip, however, it became clear that this character had decided to distance herself from the...

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