Lydia Winslow is not the classic daughter to a wealthy man. She knows what she wants and how to get it. She does not spend her days waiting for a wealthy gentleman, she is a teacher. Her parents would disapprove but their on a sabbatical in India. Not only is Lydia going against their will it seems as though the entire town is. The town becomes split into two groups. The old ways and new ways. Lydia is at the front of the new ways, her neighbors against her. But soon she will learn that true friends come from everywhere.