Mariana Cardamone: When Mariana was about thirteen, her ageing father and mother died sick, while a devilish former friend of theirs took over their peddling estate somewhere near Arles. She worked hard throughout her life in order to gain tons of money, so that she can marry someone who can bear her a girl.
Leonardo Cardamone: Mariana’s late peddler father.
Irma Cardamone: Mariana’s late fortune teller mother.
The Savino family
Bruno Savino: The abused household patriarch whose erratic brothers and father Alberto have a lot of trouble with society. He is both Helena’s father and a surviving victim of abuse by a more domineering former childhood friend of his.
Luigi Savino: Luigi is a beard looking for a better life. He had to be married off to Mariana so that he could leave his family behind.
Pietro Savino: A virgin until his forced marriage to Esther.
Isabelle Savino: Mariana and Luigi’s niece.
Alberto Savino: Alberto was a chain smoking native of Rome who married a wealthy self made woman who bore him about three sons. His erratic behaviour was clearly what led to Mariana marrying off unlucky Luigi from the family.
Helena Savino: A very antagonistic girl, Helena lived with her abuse victim father Bruno in Rome until the northern fascists came there. They fled the scene afterwards, but her uncle Pietro was forcibly married to a spartan Arles native named Esther, whose malicious former friend left her without much of a will. She was friends with Mariana ‘till things got worse in her life.
Esther Givet: A minor character.
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