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Over the cusp of fifteen, pretty Theresa is the town's most sought-after babysitter - cheerful, beloved, adored by children and animals, but also a solitary soul with an already complex knowledge of human nature. She is Titania among her fairies, the one person to call on for assist with a kid in extreme distress. Theresa does not doubt her power in the fathers of her adoring charges either, whose potential lechery Theresa toys with such as a kitten with yarn. Yet in this unforgettable summer, it is her cousin Daisy, a frail little creature with glittery shoes and worrying bruises that don't heal, in whom Theresa invests her greatest love. Infused with suppressed passion, disappointment, and enduring hope, Alice McDermott's wonderful new novel reveals a world seen afresh through the eyes associated with an utterly seductive girl.