Alexandra Brennan is doing fine in a dead end job working for people she hates in New York, until she bumps into an ex in a bar who tells her she’ll never make it to graduate school in the UK. Never one to let a challenge pass her by, Alex applies, gets a place at the University of York, and finds herself on a plane to the other side of the Atlantic, wondering what on earth she’s done. Armed with American cigarettes and extra-strength coffee, Alex is ready to face everything Britain has to offer - beer, blokes and more books than she can possibly read in a year.
