Frank Ware is living on her own terms in 1910 Greenwich Village and thriving. A rising novelist documenting New York’s underclass, breaking the stereotypes of women writers, she is the well-loved center of a vibrant crew of striving artists, and the loving foster mother to an orphaned boy. But her independence and generosity cannot protect her from jealous gossip, nor from the doubts of a man she loves. When questions of her adopted son’s parentage take over her closest relationships, Frank is forced to test her ideals against the harsh realities of the world she always risen above.