Character Lists for The Bonesetter's Daughter

Compiled by MegR

CHARACTER LIST/ RELATIONSHIPS
(clustered by generational groups)

Asians

Famous Bonesetter from the Mouth of the Mountain - Chinese(deceased)
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Mother - Chinese; birth mother of Gao Ling & believed to be mother of LuLing; deceased
Bao Bomu (Precious Auntie) - Chinese; Bonesetter's daughter; LuLing's nursemaid in Mother's house; calligraphy artist; fire-eater; gross facial burns; the woman described in photo on p. 102 in small pic. in LuLing's wallet (and on cover photo of book - see above); LuLing's birth mother; (deceased)
Mr & Mrs. Young - Asian-American grocer & his wife; parents of Edwin & Edmund; (deceased)
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Lu Ling Young ("Doggie"/Waipo[grandmother]) - Asian immigrant; assumed daughter of "Mother"; daughter of Bao Bomu; narrator of"Truth"; mother of Ruth; assumed sister of Gao Ling; widow of Edwin Young and Pan Kai Jing (both deceased); talented artist & calligrapher; author of own biography; former teacher's aide
Gao Ling Young ( Auntie Gal) - Asian immigrant; Lu Ling's assumed sister; Lu Ling's sister-in-law; wife of dentist Edmund Young; mother of Sally and Billy Young
Edwin Young- Asian-American killed in auto accident; husband of LiLing & father of Ruth; older brother of Edmund
Edmund Young - Asian- American; husband of Gao Ling & father of Billy & Sally Young; surviving brother of Edwin
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Ruth Young - Asian-American; daughter of LuLing & Edwin Young; a ghost writer; live-in gal pal of Art Kamen
Billy Young - Asian-American; Ruth's cousin; son of Edmund & GaoLing: brother of Sally; father to 4 kids; husband of Dawn; runs a successful biotech company
Sally Young - Asian-American; Ruth's cousin; daughter of Edmun & GaoLing; sister of Billy; mother of 2 sons; wife of violinist George; an aeronautical engineer
Dr. Huey - Asian-American; LuLing's physician
Paul - Asian-American; Ruth's former live-in boyfriend of 4 years

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Non-Asians
Marty & Arlene Kamen - well-off parents of Art Kamen
Art Kamen - Ruth's live-in boyfriend; son of Marty & Arlene; ex-husband of Miriam; father of Dory and Sophia; linguist specializing in ASL
Miriam ? - Kamen parents' preferred "mate" for Art; Art's ex-wife; current wife of Stephen; mother of Dory and Sophia & Andy and Beauregard (Boomer);
Stephen ? - current husband of Miriam; father of Andy & Beauregard (Boomer)
Sophia Kamen (Fia) - 15 year old daughter of Miriam & Art
Dory Kamen - 13 year old daughter of Miriam & Art
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Ted- Ruth's client & co-writer of Internet Spirituality
Agapi Agnos (Doris DeMatteo)- Ruth's client & co-author of Righting the Wronged Child
Gideon - Ruth's agent
Wendy - Ruth's best & longest friend
Joe- Wendy's live-in boyfriend
Francine - LuLing's downstair's tenant
Theresa - Ruth's childhood school friend at time of slide accident
Fu-Fu - Ruth's dead cat