After You Characters

Also in the story

Supporting characters

How they are connected

Key relationships

• Louisa ClarkCamilla Traynor

  Will Traynor's grieving girlfriend, eighteen months on, serving drinks in an orange airport-bar uniform and failing at his instruction to live well.

• Louisa ClarkSam Fielding

  A rooftop fall, a paramedic named Sam, and a surprise stepdaughter-in-grief force her to choose her own life at last.

• Lily Houghton-MillerLouisa Clark

  Will's teenage daughter, raised never knowing him, who tracks Louisa down desperate for a link to her biological father.

• Josie ClarkLouisa Clark

  Louisa's mother, who keeps brittle cheerfulness over her daughter's hospital bed and calls the fall a stupid accident.

• TreenaLouisa Clark

  Louisa's blunt sister, the one who voices what the family whispers: that everyone thinks the fall was a suicide attempt.

• Camilla TraynorLily Houghton-Miller

  Will's cold, dismissive mother, who rejects Lily at first—then secretly softens, teaching her about Will's childhood through photo albums and stories.

• NathanLouisa Clark

  Will's former carer and Louisa's friend, who calls from New York offering her a job as his assistant and telling her it's time she did something for herself.

• TanyaLouisa Clark

  Lily's mother, who accuses Louisa of stealing her daughter and reveals Lily's history of self-harm—then concedes that Louisa gives Lily a connection to Will she desperately needs.

• TanyaLily Houghton-Miller

  Lily's mother, who accuses Louisa of stealing her daughter and reveals Lily's history of self-harm—then concedes that Louisa gives Lily a connection to Will she desperately needs.