New York, 1916 -- When Anna was twelve years old, she moved away from Brooklyn, and her best friend, Johnny Donahue, went to prison for murder. Nearly five years have passed, and she returns to New York for her mother's second marriage: to millionaire Edward Vogel, Jr. Learning the ways of Manhattan's upper-class wears Anna down, but she finds refuge in time spent with her Brooklyn dockworker cousin, Trey. Anna soon finds that while the war rages in Europe, another war threatens her Brooklyn friends. Reunited with a recently released Johnny, Anna must negotiate her new world while navigating the violence associated with her old one.
New York, 1916 -- When Anna was twelve years old, she moved away from Brooklyn, and her best friend, Johnny Donahue, went to prison for murder. Nearly five years have passed, and she returns to New York for her mother's second marriage: to millionaire Edward Vogel, Jr. Learning the ways of Manhattan's upper-class wears Anna down, but she finds refuge in time spent with her Brooklyn dockworker cousin, Trey. Anna soon finds that while the war rages in Europe, another war threatens her Brooklyn friends. Reunited with a recently released Johnny, Anna must negotiate her new world while navigating the violence associated with her old one.