The Baker's Daughter

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.