Quote me on that
'I can hardly believe my good fortune. Everything will be all right.'
Connie Westaway
Richmond
The setting of the book
Connie's Fling
Jack Husting
Craig
Charlotte's first partner. Father of Alec
'Con Con smells like a tampon'
Connie Westaway
'Being known as chief layabout and squanderer of opportunities in all of Richmond is a big responsibility.'
Kip Westaway
New York
Location of the 9/11 Attacks
Libby's Father
Ben
Mr. Husting
Jack's father. Gives Kip the shilling.
‘You’re a bloody idiot, [REDACTED], ‘Always were, always will be.’
Kip Westaway
'My father sits in the front room waiting to be called to lunch, already halfway through his third bottle.'
Annabel Crouch
North Africa
The death of Jack Husting
Connie's Boss, Widower, and Potential Suitor
Mr. Ward
Violet
Stanzi's counselling client. Kleptomaniac.
'Westie’s testes aren’t the bestie.'
Alec Westaway
‘That horse looks fighting fit. Better than Catalogue.’
Mr. Husting
The Monash Freeway
The car crash that claimed the lives of Alec's friends
Tom
Jean Westaway
Mac
A teenager bully and gangster.
'The scarlet harlot, she called her.'
Charlotte Westaway
‘This, Manson my old pal, is one Kip the drip Westaway, the baby brother of Saint Francis,’
Jim Pike
The Argus
The newspaper company
Charlotte
Alec Westaway
Daisy and Jimbo
Hippies living with Charlotte
'‘That shawl is very becoming on you ... A lovely shade of blue. Matches your eyes.'
Mrs. Husting