This isn't bad just doesn't really have much going on. Unfortunate with such talent. The mother remarries after her husband dies. She has 2 kids a son and a daughter. The son is kicked out at 12 years old by the new husband but the daughter, Lily Dale, stays with them. Lily Dale is a spoiled vain brat and way to immature for someone her age, even at that time. The son has had a hard life, getting kicked out of the house has a way of doing that to a kid. The jerk husband thinks a 12 year old should make his own way. The mother is stuck. In that day women had no say or free will.