This is a remarkable story. When Cassie's father, Sikes, gets drunk and forgets three-year-old Cassie at the horse races, it's the last straw for her mother. Soon Cassie and her brother, Jamie, have a new dad and move into what their mother calls their Lucky Place, where her two little brothers were born. Cassie wasn't to believe in the Lucky Place, but behind the picture of a suburban city in the 60s is another, more fragile and complex world.
Cassie adores her new dad, Ellis. If only Jamie would love him, too. If only their charming, drunk father would quiet popping in and out of their lives to ruin things. If only their mother would stop pretending like everything is fine.
Then during a family trip, Cassie learns a terrible secret about Ellis that threatens to shatter the dream of the Lucky Place forever. In the end, Cassie faces a great loss, but by also facing the truth about her family, and learning to look at them with true love, she discovers a stronger version of herself.
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