Known as Becca, she is just a baby as the story opens and is in her twenties by the time her grandmother, Gemma, dies. Becca is a strong young woman, though she feels the need to be accepted by her sisters, a need that is seldom fulfilled. It's probably because her sisters are close in age to each other while Becca is several years younger that she comes to find herself in such a close relationship with her grandmother. Becca's sisters note that it's Becca who goes to visit their grandmother so often after she's placed in a nursing home while they've visited only a few times over the years. When her sisters fuss at her about various aspects of her life, she tries to find ways to placate them.