Written for readers who have finished Book 1.
Peter Reid is Hannah's father — a lean, quiet Anglo-Australian who married into the Reid family's Greek world four decades ago and has been its calm counterweight ever since. Nominal in faith and pragmatic to the bone, he keeps his own counsel behind the racing page. Where a practical, unconvinced man lands when the easy path is no longer free is a question his family will have to live.
Cam is Mel's husband — an electrician in his late thirties, big, steady, and gentle, the practical backbone…
Eleni Reid is Hannah's mother — a warm, formidable Greek-Australian matriarch and the engine of the Oakleigh…
Hannah Reid is the heart of The Endurance — a thirty-one-year-old community nurse working the growth corridor…
Jess is Hannah's closest friend and fellow community nurse — twelve years on the rounds together, fast…
Josh Calder is Hannah's fiancé — a tall, warm, easy-to-like New Zealander who works on the national…
Margaret is an elderly widow of the Henty Street congregation — small, soft-spoken, and easy to overlook…