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Zorrie

This character lives with an aunt after the death of the character's parents, works in a factory that exposed workers to Radium, and loses a spouse in WWII.

Harold

This character is a farmer in Indiana who travels to Europe to fight in WWII and dies there during the war.

Noah

This character stays faithful to a romantic partner throughout the novel who is placed in a mental institution for setting a house on fire.

Opal

This character is placed as a young adult in a mental institution for setting a house on fire.

Hank

This character is a sheriff of a small town in Indiana.

Janie

This character works at a factory as a young adult in a job painting clock faces with Radium. Years later, but still as a relatively young person, this character develops cancer from exposure to the compound and dies.

Marie

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