This inventive novel follows Frankie Platt, a young woman coming of age in the 1920s, as she travels the world in her pursuit pf her dream to become a writer. This dream seems impossible at first when her father dies, leaving the family struggling to make ends meet. When Frankie falls in love with a captain, much older than her and with a sordid past, her mother finds a way to ship her off to get a higher education. Thus begins Frankie's fascinating journey to Vassar College, New York, Paris, and eventually, back home. Some of her companions include two exiled Russian princes, a "spinster adventuress", Ernest Hemingway, and the dark captain of her past.
What makes this novel so unique is that it is told almost completely in full color vintage memorabilia from the 1920s. Preston uses advertisements, old fashioned note paper, and real photographs from the time period to engross the reader and tranport them to another time. A lovely story about a vivacious young woman, skillfully told with few words, but a whole lot of fun and heart.
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