Ispaniya, derevushka Fago, 1920-e gody. Kazhdyj god molodye devushki uhodyat na sezonnye zarabotki vo Franciyu, peresekaya granicu peshkom po krutym sklonam Pirenejskih gor. YUnaya Roza otpravlyaetsya v eto opasnoe puteshestvie s odnoj lish' cel'yu: ustroit'sya na obuvnuyu fabriku po poshivu espadrilij vo francuzskom gorodke Moleon. Novaya zhizn' stanet dlya nee nastoyashchim ispytaniem, poka sud'ba ne privedet ee v dom udivitel'nyh zhenshchin - ekstravagantnyh parizhanok, cenyashchih svobodu i shikarnye naryady. Oni pomogut raskryt'sya ee talantam, podaryat druzhbu i podderzhku, stol' neobhodimye v mire, gde vsem zapravlyayut muzhchiny. Etot roman iskritsya, kak shampanskoe, pogruzhaya chitatelya v atmosferu bespechnyh mezhvoennyh let - epohu CHarli CHaplina, Koko SHanel' i bezuderzhnogo dzhaza.