The Baker's Daughter
Ratings3
Average rating3.7
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Ratings3
Average rating3.7
Journalist Reba Adams, trying to file a feel-good Christmas piece for the local El Paso magazine, must interview the owner of Elsie's German Bakery--and she's no easy subject. Reba finds herself returning to the bakery again and again, anxious to find the heart of the story. For Elsie, Reba's questions are a stinging reminder of darker times: her life in Germany during that last bleak year of WWII. And as Elsie's, Reba's, and Reba's fiance ́Riki Chavez's lives become more intertwined, all are forced to confront the uncomfortable truths of the past and seek out the courage to forgive.
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There were moments when I was afraid the pain of the characters would get too great and begin to infect me, so I slowed down and stayed away from it. That didn't happen. There was pain. There was a past to deal with and they did. They dealt with their past and became better people. Some characters were well developed and they dove deep into who they were. Some characters were rather surface. There were attempts to dive deeper into their characters, but it felt a bit forced. There were moments when the parallel lives of Reba and Elsie seemed forced, but they were few enough and far enough between that it didn't bother me.
Lovely story about such a painful time in history.
