Nicole Gunther's family

These characters are the immediate family, by blood, marriage, or adoption, of Nicole Gunther, the central POV of the novel Household Gods.

Gaylord

Gaylord was the Gunther family dog. In 1978, the year Nicole turned 13, he came down with sarcoma and had to be put down.

Nicole Gunther

See Nicole Gunther.

Mrs. and Mr. Johnson

One of Nicole Gunther's sisters was married to a man named Johnson. Like most of the Gunther family, they lived in Indiana.

Frank Perrin

See Frank Perrin.

Justin Perrin

See Justin Perrin.

Kimberley Perrin

See Kimberley Perrin.

Dawn Soderstrom

See Dawn Soderstrom.