
He offers her the chance to be happy, the freedom to paint, and the opportunity to apply for a Green Card. Twenty years older and a self-made success, Frank's life is full of all the excesses Cleo's lacks.

Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless city when, a few months before her student visa ends, she meets Frank.


For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant debut novel about the shock waves caused by one couple's impulsive marriage.
