Historical novel. Narrator? is daughter in a poor family with an abusive mom who ends up dying with the girl's brother when she (the mother) tends to him on his death bed from a contagious virus of sorts. Read around 2005.

[Natalie]

I think the book was set in late 1800s or early 1900s.

[Kris]

Natalie, is this book for teens or adults? How old is the daughter?

Did the mother (or daughter) die? What's the location?

How did family earn a living? Where is the father?