Wings of Youth

The story centers on Mrs. Katherine Manners, who is devoted to her three grown daughters attending boarding school. When they choose to prioritize their social lives over a planned family gathering, Mrs. Manners discovers them at a party with young men. The plot thickens as she learns that two daughters intend to marry, while the third is waiting on a divorce for her fiancé, Grantland Dobbs.

In an effort to teach her daughters a lesson about their choices, Mrs. Manners returns from abroad with a man, shocking her daughters with her new lifestyle. As she hosts drinking parties and entertains guests, she ultimately reveals that her actions were a performance to demonstrate the unsuitability of their fiancées. This shocking twist drives home the themes of marriage and societal expectations prevalent in the Jazz Age.