: A kind-hearted photographer and Dorothy’s first love.

: The idea that people can shed their pasts to become someone entirely new.

As Laurel pieces together old photographs and letters, the narrative shifts between the present day and the 1940s, eventually revealing a profound case of and a sacrifice made in the heat of a bombing raid that changed the course of her mother's life forever. Core Themes

: The blurred lines of "right and wrong" during the chaos of the Blitz. Key Characters