A Complicated Kindness

Best Friend

Lydia Voth

Hospitalized

Straight-edge

Good Kid

Shared Desperation

Protection

Opposites

Non-judgmental

Natasha Dawn Nickel

Older Sister

Radical Music

Very similar to Trudie

Dissatisfaction with Religion

Left 3 days after Nomi turned 13

Gertrude Nickel

Left after getting ex-communicated

Dissatisfaction with Religion

Ex-Communicated

Cussed out The Mouth

Stoned The Mouth's home

[Possible] Slander by Mr. Quiring

Mother

Radical Music

Affair with Mr. Quiring

Reputation for Being Crazy

Possible Schizophrenia

Talks to Invisible People

The Mouth's Sister

Father

Left after Nomi got ex-communicated

Loves His Family

Straightlaced

Religious

Teacher

Fanciful Language

Legal Beagle

Bean Counter

Shutterbug

Fastidious

Hans Rosenfeldt

Trudie's Brother

Uncle

Religious Leader

Unforgiving

Prefers plautdietsch over English

Alcohol

Drugs

Sex

Loss of Innocence

Cheater

Torched Truck

Radical Music

Father Figure

Seeks His Approval

Disapproving

Affair with Trudie

Blackmailed Trudie

Lack of Attendance at Church

Torched Travis's truck

Inappropriate clothing

Inappropriate makeup

Shaved head

Talking back

Drugs

Alcohol

Vandalized Church Sign

Mennonite

Dry (as in, no alcohol)

Quaint

Secluded

Old Fashioned

Small Town

Outwardly Idyllic