The Cast
“Rose Madder”: Our heroine. Temp worker and music college dropout, Rose is haunted by dreams of ancient Egypt and an unknown connection to its tragic female pharaoh.
Lucy Purr: Rose’s intrepid cat.
Darwin “Tarpit” LaBrea: Rose’s long-distance friend. Tarpit has recently begun working as a live-in attendant to a quadriplegic novelist in Berkeley, California.
Tarpit has never met Rose in person.
Rachel Glieck: One of Rose’s closest friends and schoolmates. Still attending Rose’s former college. Leader of the band The Screaming Neez.
Hyacinth Martin: Known as “Hy” to Rose and her friends. Also a pal and schoolmate to Rose and a member of The Screaming Neez.
Morris Barnes: Quadriplegic novelist who employs Tarpit as his live-in attendant.
Lisa MacIntosh: Tarpit’s friend and long-suffering sidekick.
Carol: Rose’s mom, a college curator of ancient history.
Susan: Rose’s friend and would-be girlfriend to Eric.
Eric: Susan’s imagined boyfriend, with a slightly different agenda.
Shelby Tarkington: An assistant editor at the publishing house Rose temps for. Rose is not a fan of hers.
Mark Nussbaum: Rachel’s law student boyfriend.
Kim: Hy’s “secret” girlfriend; not because Hy’s trying to hide anything, she just hasn’t gotten around to mentioning it yet.
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