When Joe insists on one last boat trip, Peter dies during a storm and Joe is accused of murder. Meanwhile pervading anti-Semitism sours the hotel deal, and the Graysons are forced out of Palm Beach. Evie's closeness to her mother will not permit her to acknowledge the affair even when it becomes impossible to deny. Joe's jealous distrust of his wife, established while he was at war in Europe, does not obviate the intimacy between Bev and Peter. Evie enjoys her outings with Peter and interprets her mother's insinuating presence as protective, when in reality Bev is having an affair with the younger man. Her budding interest in romance, while protectively discouraged by her parents, is actually encouraged by Arlene, who helps Evie develop a sense of style. When Peter, an army acquaintance of Joe's, appears, Evie is smitten by his charm and attention. There they meet Arlene and Tom Grayson, who lavish attention on the family and convince Joe to go into the hotel business with them. Grade 9 Up-In 1947, 15-year-old Evie, her mother, Bev, and her stepfather, Joe, leave Brooklyn for a vacation in Palm Beach, FL, during the off season.
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