Eleanor Wilson tries hard to be the person her parents want her to be, even though she's restless. She feels like maybe the life she's living isn't really a good fit for her but she's not sure what to do about it. Eleanor's friend Rosemary is planning a debutante's ball but Eleanor finds party-planning tedious. She's also told her mother that under no circumstances, does she want a debutante's ball of her own. The summer after her high school graduation...