Trashy novel about "a girl who personifies sex," who flees from a rooming house in the slums of New York to Miami Beach to escape her sadistic stepfather and another abusive tenant, but soon discovers that "the exciting Playland of Glamour and Enchantment" is less glamorous and enchanting than she'd counted on. But not to worry, because she's determined "to stay there until she learns the real score and smartens up -- until she is finally transformed into a.... SMART COOKIE!".