Ivy cordelia is plain lucky. It's the summer of 1936, and she gets to stay in atlantic city all summer long, where there's so much to see: boxing kangaroos, human cannonballs, card-playing cats. And high-diving horses! I...Ivy cordelia is plain lucky. It's the summer of 1936, and she gets to stay in atlantic city all summer long, where there's so much to see: boxing kangaroos, human cannonballs, card-playing cats. And high-diving horses! If there's anyone luckier than she is, it must be the girl on the high-diving horse, who daily performs her dangerous-looking act while the crowd cheers.