New York is slipping from Cleo's grasp. Twenty-four, at a different party every night and with a student visa that's swiftly running out, she doesn't even have money for cigarettes. But then a chance encounter on New Year's Eve offers her a way out. Frank, successful and twenty years older, can give her the security she craves and the green card she needs, and in Cleo he sees a life filled with beauty, art and freedom.
As the two rush headlong into an impulsive marriage, and their friends are drawn into its tumultuous orbit, what began as a chance meeting will change all their lives forever...
