Augusta Travers has spent the last three years avoiding the stifling expectations of
New York society and her family's constant disappointment. As the nation's most
fearless—and reviled—columnist, Gussie travels the country with her Kodak
camera and spins stories for women unable to leave hearth and home. But when
her adventurous nature lands her in the middle of a scandal, an opportunity to
leave America offers the perfect escape.
Arriving in India, she expects only a nice visit with childhood friends, siblings
Catherine and Gabriel, and escapades that will further her career. Instead, she
finds herself facing a plague epidemic, confusion over Gabriel's sudden appeal,
and the realization that what she wants from life is changing. But slowing down
means facing all the hurts of her past that she's long been trying to outrun. And
that may be an undertaking too great even for her.