Twenty three year old Elizabeth, as a favor to her parents, agrees to leave her busy social life in Memphis to spend a year in Paris while her younger sister, Virginia, attends boarding school. Elizabeth has just broken her engagement to Bob, and is struggling with her decision.In Paris, she is elegantly entertained and courted by a new group of suitors who take her to the best restaurants and shows. New marriage proposals complicate her life even more.Elizabeth finally makes a decision which sets the course for the rest of her life.