For college student emily sheppard, the thought of spending a summer alone in New York is much more preferable than spending it in France with her parents. Just completing her freshman year at callister university, emily...For college student emily sheppard, the thought of spending a summer alone in New York is much more preferable than spending it in France with her parents. Just completing her freshman year at callister university, emily faces a quiet summer in the city slums, supporting herself by working at the campus library.