Three women: Dodo, Val, and Charley, orphaned at birth, are bound by a unique friendship spanning two continents, and two world wars.

Dodo, "born to Bohemia", always lived by her own rules until an unknown enemy turns her world upside down; Val, beautiful, wanton and the toast of Paris, cannot forget the uncertain circumstances of her birth; and Charley, the outsider, who finds fulfilment the hard way as she struggles to become an artist.

From Toronto to Paris, austerity to international fame, the friendship they share endures through love affairs, marriages, tragedy and divorce, to their ultimate triumph as women of property and status.

A story of loyalty, courage and enterprise and of three unforgettable women, in an era which changed forever what it meant to be a woman...