I have a strange personal affinity for Blundell winning the 2008 National Book Award as this is the first book under her own name (Blundell has written hundreds of books under several pseudonyms including Jude Watson). Every character adds to the mystery, the secrecy, and the weight of betrayal and justice. It also has secondary characters that say as much about the times and the secret games played then as those in the main story line. The book has a definite black and white film noir quality in the pacing, the language, the subtle reveals. The veil of childhood is pulled from her and she is forced to make grown up decisions.īlundell‘s tale is one of mystery and intrigue, and has appropriately been linked to film noir. When their truths come to a head out at sea, Evie can’t just imagine being grown.
Evie thinks the relationship she and Peter have is a special secret one, but Peter, and Joe and Beverly for that matter, are the real secret keepers.
But Evie is still a girl entering the grown up world for the first time. She wishes people looked at her the way they looked at her mother, Beverly. Sure, Evie wants to be old enough for Peter.
Wedged between her and her mother and movies, Peter looks to Evie like the perfect man for a first crush.īut this story isn’t a simple romance. named Peter enters the hotel and befriends her, Evie’s whole view of the world improves. Joe’s business booms and then he takes his wife and daughter down to West Palm Beach, Florida in the middle of the school year.Īlmost stranded in the only hotel open in the off-season (a luxurious one at that), Evie must find ways to keep herself entertained. When Evie’s stepfather Joe returns from World War II, the scrimping overbearing life she and her mother were forced to live during the war looks like it might finally be over.
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