When Nona, Alice's older sister runs off with a rodeo cowboy she's fallen in love with, it's the start of a series of events that will make nothing the same again. Their new client, Sheila Altman, is inexperienced though ebullient at riding horses but Alice's father who runs the horse-ranch firmly believes that eventually his tuition will pay off and sooner or later, loads of other girls from wealthy families at her school will come for lessons too. Business, he hopes,which will lead to money. The summer that soon approaches is exceedingly hot; her mother who suffers from depression is as ill and inevitably morose as ever; their income is dangerously low and to solve the problem with the bills, her father decides to board the horses of rich woman who come to the ranch and pet/pamper their horses for leisure. Unfortunately, Patty Jo (one of the women) seems to have taken a fancy to Alice's dad and vice versa. He starts spending more and more time with her and Alice isn't the only one who notices. This is a tale of family problems and partly love involving the twelve-year-old Alice and a chunk of her life as she matures.
I didn't find this novel dull but to tell the truth, it wasn't that fantastic either. If you like reading realistic fiction or about horses then you might want to consider this novel which can be found in the library.
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