Matthew 22:8-14, Preface Summary

"Rules of Civility" chronicles Katey Kontent's journey through 1938, a year in which her life is shaped by four people: Eve, Tinker, Wallace, and Dickey. Eve is her beautiful and spunky friend, who is disfigured in a car crash. Eve stagnates for a while in the care of Tinker, the man who had been driving the car, but eventually Eve learns how to flaunt her facial scar and maneuver her injured leg with charm, confidence, and flair. Eve leaves Tinker for Los Angeles. Tinker is an attractive man who sells securities and has all the finer things in life. Katey is attracted to him until she learns that he is a sham, the paid lover of his benefactor. A contrite Tinker abandons his possessions in favor of simplicity and freedom. Wallace Wolcott is a charming man, born of old money...