Twin sisters Ida and Ellie Honeycutt find themselves growing apart as they respond differently to their father's post-WWII trauma in this compelling historical fiction novel.

Set against the backdrop of the nuclear arms race and the 1952 presidential election, this coming-of-age story is told in alternating voices. With her home life not the way it used to be, Ellie Honeycutt seeks escape at the NASCAR speedway and in her dreams of travel and college. Her twin sister Ida clings to family and finds solace in her sketchbook. The sisters are close, but their relationship is threatened when they both fall for the same charming classmate at their new high school. And when a devastating accident happens, the sisters are forced to look at their lives in a whole new way.