This is apparently the second novel by Lisa Tucker that I've read. This realization only dawned on me when I was at least halfway through the book. Previously I've read and reviewed The Promised World which was released after Once Upon A Day . Both novels share similar themes of a terribly dysfunctional family with tragic secrets long buried in the past that are the key to resolving the issues the families face in the present. This was a thoroughly absorbing book and turned out to be quite the page turner. However, in a way I feel as if the ending left me hanging just a bit. Dorothea and her brother Jimmy were raised in total isolation and seclusion from the modern day world, society and people by their father who is controlling and overprotective in the extreme. One could argue that his brand of overprotective borders on abuse or neglect as it is left both children extremely ill prepared to deal with and relate to the outside world. Then Jim...
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