Minor Characters
Aunt Lise
Aunt Lise is a teacher at the premarital preparatory school that Agnes, Shunammite, and Becka attend. Aunt Lise is supervising the girls’ flower-cutting when Becka slashes her wrist with the scissors.
Captain Mishimengo
Captain Mishimengo is the captain of the smuggling vessel The Nellie J. Banks, which ferries Agnes and Nicole downriver and out to sea, sending them towards freedom in Canada.
Aunt Gabbana
Aunt Gabbana is a wedding planner and arranger of marriages who organizes Agnes’s engagement to Commander Judd.
Martha Rosa
Martha Rosa is one of the three Marthas assigned to Commander Kyle’s house.
Martha Vera
Martha Vera is one of the three Marthas assigned to Commander Kyle’s house.
Martha Zilla
Martha Zilla is one of the three Marthas assigned to Commander Kyle’s house. Zilla is the kindest of the Marthas, and Agnes likes her the best as a young girl.
Aunt Beatrice
Aunt Beatrice is one of the Pearl Girls who picks up Nicole and escorts her into Gilead as a convert.
Aunt Dove
Aunt Dove is one of the Pearl Girls who picks up Nicole. While Aunt Beatrice takes Nicole back to Gilead, Aunt Dove remains in Canada so that Nicole can pose as her to get through customs, and thus they can avoid any Canadian charges of human trafficking.
Aunt Adrianna
Aunt Adrianna is a Pearl Girl working for Aunt Lydia and Mayday. Aunt Adrianna tries to kill Aunt Sally to prevent her from reporting to the Gilead Embassy in Toronto that they’ve located Nicole, but Aunt Sally kills her instead.
Aunt Sally
Aunt Sally is a Pearl Girl who spots Nicole in Toronto. However, when she tries to report this to the Gilead Embassy, Aunt Adrianna tries to kill her. Sally overpowers Adrianna and kills her instead, to her own horror.