New York is slipping from Cleo’s grasp. Sure, she’s at a different party every other night, but she barely knows anyone. Her student visa is running out, and she doesn’t even have money for cigarettes. But then she meets Frank. Twenty years older, Frank’s life is full of all the success and excess that Cleo’s lacks. He offers her the chance to be happy, the freedom to paint, and the opportunity to apply for a green card. She offers him a life imbued with beauty and art—and, hopefully, a reason to cut back on his drinking. He is everything she needs right now.

Cleo and Frank run head-first into a romance that neither of them can quite keep up with. It reshapes their lives and the lives of those around them, whether that’s Cleo’s best friend struggling to embrace his gender identity in the wake of her marriage, or Frank’s financially dependent sister arranging sugar daddy dates after being cut off. Ultimately, this chance meeting between two strangers outside of a New Year’s Eve party changes everything, for better or worse.


Nova York está a escaparse do alcance de Cleo. Si, pásase máis dunha noite á semana en distintas festas, pero non coñece a ninguén. O seu visado de estudante está a piques de expirar, e nin sequera ten diñeiro para comprar tabaco. Pero entón coñece a Frank. Vinte anos maior ca ela, a vida de Frank está chea do éxito e os excesos dos que a vida de Cleo carece. El ofrécelle a posibilidade de ser feliz, a liberdade para pintar e a oportunidade de pedir un permiso de residencia. Ela ofrécelle unha vida repleta de beleza e arte e, cun pouco de sorte, unha razón para beber menos. Son todo o que o outro necesita agora mesmo.
Cleo e Frank lánzanse de cabeza a unha relación á que ningún dos dous pode seguirlle o ritmo; unha relación que transforma as súas vidas e as de quen os rodea. Este encontro casual entre dous estraños ao saír dunha festa de Noitevella acábao cambiando todo, para ben ou para mal.

1º-2º BAC