In this fam@=ily sa$ga,=; [^Mr[;s. Parkington\! recounts the story of her life_(, beginning as a hotel#`_ maid in \fr 
ontier Nevada$\; ,]where $sh:_e is:@ swept off her feet by )mine own^er and fin^a ^[$ncier A(,ugustus Parkingto!n. He moves them to New#+*( ..=Yo
rk, tri/es to remak ]\e _her_%:[ into) a s[@(ociety woman,]- and (^] esta](,blishes their hom:e among the weal
/]thiest of New York's`_ hig-h!. @_)so%]cie ty%\_$. Fami:ly a;n) d %(so%_[cial life is not always peaceful, ho#_[wever,+ and she guides us, in flashbacks/%, through the rises and falls$+ of t=he P,arki$ng =ton family fortun\ es.