Bright young things

New Yorker Cordelia Grey is involved in a very public relationship with celebrity pilot Max Darby, Letty Larkspur finally gets a big break in Hollywood, and newly married socialite Astrid Donal finds herself spending little time with her husband.

A bitter rivalry ensnares Cordelia, Letty, and Astrid in a dangerous feud played out in the speakeasies of Manhattan and on the great lawns of Long Island.

In the spring of 1929, eighteen-year-old Cordelia Grey and her stage-struck friend Letty Larkspur run away from their small Ohio town to seek their fortunes in New York City and soon find themselves drawn into situations and relationships, particularly with the dazzling Astrid Donal, that change their lives forever.