I Know This Much Is True Study Guide

I Know This Much Is True

I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb

  • Dominick Birdsey: protagonist.
  • Thomas Birdsey: Dominick's identical twin, a man with paranoid schizophrenia.
  • Dr. Patel: Thomas's psychologist at Hatch, Dominick's therapist.
  • Lisa Sheffer: Thomas's social worker, Dominick's friend.
  • Dessa Constantine: Dominick's ex-wife, whom he remarries.
  • Angela Birdsey: Dominick's and Dessa's baby daughter, dies of SIDS.
  • Concettina Ipolita Tempesta Birdsey: Thomas's and Dominick's mother, daughter of Domenico and Ignazia Tempesta.
  • Ray Birdsey: Thomas's and Dominick's stepfather.
  • Leo and Angie (Athena Constantine) Blood: Dominick's best friend, Dessa's younger sister.
  • Joy: Dominick's live-in girlfriend.
  • Tyffanie Rose: Joy's and Thad's biological daughter, and Dominick and Dessa's adopted daughter.
  • Thad: Joy's bisexual half-uncle and secret lover, Tyffanie Rose's father and great half-uncle.
  • Ralph Drinkwater: Penny Ann Drinkwater's twin and later found to be Thomas and Dominick's cousin.
  • Penny Ann Drinkwater: Ralph Drinkwater's twin, murdered as a small girl.
  • Domenico Onofrio Tempesta (1880–1949): Thomas's and Dominick's grandfather from Sicily.
  • Ignazia Tucci Tempesta (Violetta d'Annunzio): Dominick's beautiful grandmother from Pescara.
  • Prosperine Tucci ("The Monkey"): Ignazia's best friend and lover, loathed by Domenico Tempesta.
  • Pasquale Tempesta: Domenico Tempesta's younger brother.
  • Vincenzo Tempesta: youngest brother of Domenico Tempesta.
  • Concettina Ciccia: Dominick's great-grandmother; Domenico's mother
  • Alfio and Maricchia Ciccia: Domenico's maternal grandparents
  • Giacomo Tempesta: Domenico's father

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