Pamela Thompson and her husband, Peter, seem thrilled to welome Brooke into their huge, gealming house. Soon, Brooke is enrolled in a snobby girls' school, and receiving daily lessons in etiquette. But Brooke just wants an ordinary family life - and to play on the school softball team, for only then can she secape the dreadful feeling that she must always be obedient... or risk losing a home, and freedom from the terrible secrets of her past.