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Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.

In 1970s Baltimore, 14-year-old Mary Jane loves cooking with her mother, singing in her church choir, and enjoying her family’s subscription to the Broadway Showtunes of the Month record club. Shy, quiet, and bookish, she’s glad when she lands a summer job as a nanny for the daughter of a local doctor. A respectable job, Mary Jane’s mother says. In a respectable house.

Being told you're ugly on a daily basis will affect your self esteem, sooner or later. For Catie-May, beauty was always in her stride. She longed to be thin, to be popular, and above all, to be loved. Already underweight, Catie-May restricts the one thing she feels she's actually in control of; food. But that's just the beginning. Deep down, she knows she can be the person she longs to be. Somehow, if she can just get her plan in to place, she can be the person she was born to be. But just how far will she go to achieve perfection?