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The year is 1900 and Alice Butterworth is a newlywed in Chicago. When her husband abruptly disappears, Alice leaves the cold and wintry streets of the Windy City to search for her husband at her mother in laws in Memphis. Unable to find her new mother in law in Memphis, this young and brave seamstress presses on to the milder climate in New Orleans. Alice offers up sewing lessons in exchange for shelter at the local orphanage.Constance Halstad is young widow of some means from family money. Constance throws herself into her charity work to avoid thinking about her late husband’s gambling debts. Due to the orphanage and a Sadie Hawkins style ball called Les Mysterieuses that happens every Leap Year, Constance and Alice become fast friends.