Повесть американской писательницы рассказывает о жизни американской семьи, о взаимоотношениях между детьми и взрослыми, о периоде взросления главной героини, пятнадцатилетней девочки Джейн.
Experience! How was a girl going to get any experience when her mother was so old-fashioned she didn't even want her daughter to go to the movies with a boy unless she personally knew his whole family tree for a couple of generations?