Aunt | Betty | J.D.'s great aunt. Stayed in Ohio. |
Bev | Blanton | J.D.'s mother. |
Gary | Blanton | Mamaw's child. Moved to Indiana. |
Goldie | Blanton | Papaw's mother. |
Hattie | Blanton | Mamaw Blanton's mother. |
Jimmy | Blanton | J.D.'s uncle. Went to California. |
Lori | Blanton | J.D.'s aunt. |
Mamaw | Blanton | J.D.'s great grandmother. |
Paul | Blanton | Mamaw's child. Moved to Indiana. |
Don | Bowman | J.D.'s father. His mother's second husband. |
Amy | Chua | Yale law professor. |
Uncle | David | J.D.'s uncle in Kentucky. |
Uncle | Gary | J.D.'s uncle in Kentucky. Moved to Indiana. |
Bob | Hamel | J.D.'s stepfather and legal father. |
Shawn | Haney | J.D.'s Marine boss. |
Donald | Ison | Protestant preacher in Jackson, Kentucky. |
Jennifer | McGuffey | High School teacher. |
Uncle | Pet | J.D.'s uncle in Kentucky. aka: Pet Blanton. |
Big | Red | Truck driver. |
Jane | Rex | Works at Appalachian State University. |
Aunt | Rose | J.D.'s great aunt. Stayed in Ohio. |
Bob | Schuler | Ohio State Senator. J.D. worked for him. |
Ron | Selby | High School math teacher. |
Bonnie | South | Mamaw's friend in Kentucky. |
Pap | Taulbee | J.D.'s relative. |
Uncle | Teaberry | J.D.'s uncle in Kentucky. Moved to Ohio. |
J.D. | Vance | The author. |
Jim | Vance | J.D.'s grandfather. aka: James Lee Vance. |
Lindsay | Vance | J.D.'s half sister. Married name: Lindsay Lewis. |
Ryan | White | Boy with HIV at J.D.'s school. |
Amber | | J.D.'s cousin. |
Bob | | J.D.'s mother's male friend. |
Brian | | J.D.'s acquaintance. |
Cary | | J.D.'s sibling. |
Chelsea | | J.D.'s sibling. |
Chip | | Police officer. An alcoholic. |
Chip | | J.D.'s mother's male friend. |
Gail | | J.D.'s cousin. |
Jamil | | J.D.'s classmate at Yale Law School. |
Kameron | | Lindsay's son. |
Ken | | Mamaw's friend. |
Ken | | One of J.D.'s mother's husbands. |
Mamaw | | J.D.'s grandmother. |
Matt | | J.D.'s mother's male friend. |
Meghan | | Lindsay's child. |
Mike | | J.D.'s cousin. |
Rachael | | J.D.'s female cousin. A Marine Corps veteran. |
Rick | | J.D.'s second cousin. |
Steve | | Mamaw's male friend. |
Steve | | J.D.'s mother's male friend. |
Tammy | | J.D.'s mother's gay friend. |
Usha | | J.D.'s girlfriend at Yale. Future wife. |