In 1904, when Frederick and Jette flee her disapproving mother, where better to go than America, the land of the new? Set to board a boat to New York, at the last minute they take one destined for New Orleans instead. Later they find themselves, more by chance than by design, in Beatrice, Missouri, a small town populated with unforgettable characters. In narrating their story, grandson James comes to realize he doesn't know his own story at all.

Product Description: Reilly finds a kitten and discovers it can magically turn into a flower when she blows it a kiss. Her mom accidently gives the flower away not knowing of its magical powers. When Reilly finally gets it back along with 6 others she is in for a big surprise.

Simon's heterosexual but tidy, a brilliant cook, a good listener and not bad-looking. Women like him, become his friends, tell him their troubles and then fall in love with utter bastards and disappear.