Twentysomething Frida Rodriguez arrives in Paris in 1991, relishing the citys butter-soaked cuisine and seeking her future as a war correspondent. But then she writes to a bookshop in Seattle, and receives more than just the book she requests. A friendship begins that will redefine the person she wants to become.

Seattle bookseller Kate Fair is transformed by Fridas free spirit, spurred to believe in herself as a writer, to kiss her handsome coworker, and to find beauty even in loss. Through the most tumultuous years of their young livespersonally and globallyKate and Frida sustain and nourish each other as they learn the necessity of embracing joy, especially through our darkest hours.