In the glittering city of 1920s New York, Celia is hunting for her son Michael, who was taken from her at birth. In her desperation to find him, thwarted at every turn, she looks to the valiant girls of an underground flapper army and a runaway boy for help. Then the Great Depression erupts and everything seems lost. But the Depression brings Michael to her, and although Celia has lost her brother and her business, she has her child. They return to England, and Celia finds her family poor and in desperate need. But Celia's attempt to save her family -- and to keep everybody's secrets -- is so all consuming that she doesn't see what's going on around her. It seems to Celia that she has lost everythig. But the world around her is watching, and hope is on the horizon. But there are big decisions to make -- and Celia will have to risk everything to save her family. -- adapted from book jacket