January at the Gate

January got as far as the gate, then stood to one side and watched the other passengers stream past. They all seemed to know where they were going . . .
World War II is over, and it's the season for beginnings in New York City. Among the new arrivals in the big city is a sixteen-year-old kid from Texas, January Welles. She is chasing her dream to become an actress, hoping to study with the great Oleknovich. After a rough start, January finds a haven in a house of eccentric residents and is accepted in the fellowship of irreverent drama students. Soon she is caught up in the excitement and promise of post-war Manhattan. Then her new-found world turns upside down and January must again figure out where she is going.