For seventeen years, Charlotte Alexandra Williston has felt as if she's a supporting character in the ongoing play that is her life. She's been reading lines someone else wrote instead of saying what she really thinks, never stepping outside of the proverbial prim-and-proper box containing her well-bred life in Caulfield, Connecticut. But now, she's determined to create her own story - one in which she's the star. After graduating high school, she impulsively embarks on a jaunt across Europe with her best friend Molly. From London to Florence to Copenhagen and beyond, Charlotte explores cities and castles, befriends strangers, and shops 'til she drops. She even meets the guy who just might be the one she's been waiting for. And in the midst of her adventures, she finds time for reflection in some unlikely places, beginning a new journey that will take her further than any of the planes, trains, and black cabs waiting for her when she arrives...