If behind every great man is a woman‚ behind Edith Wharton was Anna Bahlmann — her governess turned literary secretary‚ and her mothering‚ nurturing friend. When at the age of forty-five‚ Edith falls passionately in love with a dashing‚ younger journalist‚ it threatens everything certain in her life — especially her friendship with Anna. Wharton’s real letters and diary entries are woven throughout this vivid journey through her early Gilded Age world.