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Valentine was born in the slums of Paris. Her mother was a prostitute. Fo joined the profession in London. She met Rupert Leadbetter, a journalist and a 'cherry boy' on his 35th birthday in her boudoir. In time they set up business together as an Agony Aunt and Uncle writing in a newspaper.
Various authors focus on life and works of Edith Wharton, on her women in fashion, in history, out of time, addiction and intimacy, travel, and modernity, art, the age of film. The book contains an illustrated chronology and a bibliographical essay.