The incident

In the 1920's everyone wanted to drink, cut their hair, and be somebody. What happens when 20 year old Rose Wallace is moved to her Aunt and Uncle's house in New York City after her recent outbursts in her conservative community in Upstate New York?
Will the secrets that her Uncle keeps from her mother stay secret forever or will she find out just what it is like to be young, beautiful, and naughty in New York.