About the Book

Peyton Cabot’s fifteenth year will be a painful and transformative one. His father, the heroic but reluctant head of a moneyed Savannah family, has come home from WWII a troubled vet, drowning his demons in bourbon and distancing himself from his son. A tragic accident shows Peyton the depths of his parents’ devotion to each other but interrupts his own budding romance with the girl of his dreams, Lisa Wallace.

Struggling to cope with a young life upended, Peyton makes a daring decision: He will retrace a journey his father took at fifteen, riding his bicycle all the way to Key West, Florida. Part declaration of independence, part search for self, Peyton’s journey will bring him more than he ever could have imagined–namely, the key to his unknowable father, a reunion with Lisa, and a calling that will shape the rest of his life.

Through poignant prose and characters so real you’ll be sure you know them, Valerie Fraser Luesse transports you to the storied Atlantic coast for a unique coming-of-age story you won’t soon forget.

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In My Opinion

The Key to Everything is a throwback to simpler times. Times when people trusted each other and helped others out without a second thought.

Valerie Fraser Luesse’s story is a coming of age story about Peyton Cabot who takes a bike ride through Florida in both remembrance of this father and to understand him better. And everyone needs an Aunt Gert in their lives to lay the truth out there.

This is a mellow, sometimes episodic book but enjoyable nonetheless. Sit back, slow down, and enjoy the ride.

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