Concetta "Cookie" Colangelo is almost 17 and an adult her whole life, to hear her tell it. Now she is almost out of high school, working nights and weekends, and wishing for a way out of her blue-collar suburb, tantalizingly close to New York City. When the fortune telling machine's prediction seemingly comes true, Cookie and a couple of hundred grand in purloined cash are so outta there. Soon she is ensconced in a new life in the glittering world...