Children's
Ali goes to Maine with her Aunt Dulcie and Dulcie's daughter Emma, against her mother's objections, to spend the summer at the family's long neglected summer cottage. Aunt Dulcie, an artist, will paint, and 13 year old Ali will help watch over 5 year old Emma in exchange for a summer at the lake.
Moody Sissy begins spending time around them, and drives a wedge between them all, while Aunt Dulcie acts stranger and stranger.
Could there have been a reason that Ali's mom didn't want her to go to the lake? Could it have to do with the ripped photographs and crossed out names on boardgames that Ali finds everywhere? Could Sissy be...?
I think that really only the dimmest of children would be surprised by the denouement, but I guess they're out there and need something to read too.
