Still Me Characters: Full List & Analysis

Who drives the story

Main characters

Louisa Clark

The quirky English girl from the first two books, now adrift in Manhattan after Will Traynor's death. She wants to honor Will by living boldly, but she has to figure out who she is when no one from her old life is watching. By the end, she's built a life of her own in New York.

Appears in:: Part 1: A Small Room on Fifth Avenue; Part 2: Green Silk and Old Money; Part 3: Secrets, Then Silence; Part 4: Still Me, But New
Themes:: Grief doesn't end, it changes shape; You can't be someone's plus-one to your own life; Love that grows slowly beats love that burns fast; Home is something you build, not something you find

Agnes Gopnik

The beautiful, anxious young second wife of a billionaire, isolated in high society and desperate for a friend. She leans on Louisa through a secret pregnancy and a devastating miscarriage, then walks away from her marriage entirely to find herself again in Poland.

Appears in:: Part 1: A Small Room on Fifth Avenue; Part 2: Green Silk and Old Money; Part 3: Secrets, Then Silence; Part 4: Still Me, But New
Themes:: You can't be someone's plus-one to your own life

Joshua Ryan

A kind, bookish younger man who looks uncannily like Will Traynor, which is exactly why Louisa can't trust her feelings at first. He turns out to be gentle, grounded, and nothing like Will, and he's patient enough to wait for her to be ready.

Appears in:: Part 2: Green Silk and Old Money; Part 3: Secrets, Then Silence; Part 4: Still Me, But New
Themes:: Grief doesn't end, it changes shape; Love that grows slowly beats love that burns fast

Sam

Louisa's paramedic boyfriend back in England, trying to hold onto a long-distance love while she transforms an ocean away. He breaks up with her over the phone because he can't keep loving someone who's already halfway out the door.

Appears in:: Part 1: A Small Room on Fifth Avenue; Part 2: Green Silk and Old Money; Part 3: Secrets, Then Silence; Part 4: Still Me, But New
Themes:: Love that grows slowly beats love that burns fast

Leonard Gopnik

The wealthy, absent husband whose coldness and affair with his ex-wife destroy his marriage publicly. He blames Louisa for knowing about the affair and fires her when the scandal breaks.

Appears in:: Part 1: A Small Room on Fifth Avenue; Part 2: Green Silk and Old Money; Part 3: Secrets, Then Silence; Part 4: Still Me, But New
Themes:: You can't be someone's plus-one to your own life

Also in the story

Supporting characters

Nathan

Will Traynor's former carer, now working for the Gopniks in New York, who recommended Louisa for the job. He's her bridge between her old life and her new one.

Appears in:: Part 1: A Small Room on Fifth Avenue

Treena

Louisa's sister, who visits New York and tells her the uncomfortable truth: she's not the same Lou who left, and she needs to figure out what she actually wants.

Appears in:: Part 2: Green Silk and Old Money

Margot

The woman who runs the vintage clothing store in Brooklyn where Louisa lands after losing her job. She gives Louisa the chance to build something of her own in the city.

Appears in:: Part 4: Still Me, But New
Themes:: Home is something you build, not something you find

How they are connected

Key relationships

Agnes Gopnik Louisa Clark
She leans on Louisa through a secret pregnancy and a devastating miscarriage, then walks away from her marriage entirely to find herself again in Poland.
Joshua Ryan Louisa Clark
A kind, bookish younger man who looks uncannily like Will Traynor, which is exactly why Louisa can't trust her feelings at first.
Sam Louisa Clark
Louisa's paramedic boyfriend back in England, trying to hold onto a long-distance love while she transforms an ocean away.
Leonard Gopnik Louisa Clark
He blames Louisa for knowing about the affair and fires her when the scandal breaks.
Nathan Louisa Clark
Will Traynor's former carer, now working for the Gopniks in New York, who recommended Louisa for the job.
Treena Louisa Clark
Louisa's sister, who visits New York and tells her the uncomfortable truth: she's not the same Lou who left, and she needs to figure out what she actually wants.
Margot Louisa Clark
The woman who runs the vintage clothing store in Brooklyn where Louisa lands after losing her job.

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Still Me themes & symbols

Grief doesn't end, it changes shape · You can't be someone's plus-one to your own life · Love that grows slowly beats love that burns fast · Home is something you build, not something you find

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