The flapper wife

On the eve of her wedding, Gloria Gordon is determined to leave her old life behind. Tired of early mornings, a typist’s wages, and watching her mother spend her days in endless housework, she sees marriage as her escape into comfort, freedom, and luxury. Gloria has no intention of becoming a traditional wife: she plans to remain beautiful, be cared for, and let her husband hire someone else to handle the chores.

Yet beneath her confidence lies a young woman restless for “Life” with a capital L, convinced that beauty can secure everything she wants. Her fiancé, Dick, represents romance and rescue, but Gloria’s ideas about marriage are sharply different from her mother’s—and she is certain she knows which of them has it right. As the wedding approaches and a mysterious whistle summons Dick outside her window, Gloria stands on the threshold of a new world, ready to discover whether married life can truly be as carefree as she imagines.