Torchy and Vee

1919. The Great War has ended, but the battles on the home front are just beginning. Torchy, a man whose Resourceful nature has seen him through tougher odds, and his sharp-witted wife Vee find themselves worrying about their friend Marion Gray. Her father has only recently died, leaving her trapped: under the thumb of his restrictive expectations even in death, and pursued relentlessly by a suitor whose attentions have turned sinister. When Vee hatches a plan to give Marion independence through a meal delivery service, it seems like a simple way to help. But in helping their friend, Torchy and Vee ignite something larger: a small revolution of self-reliance in a world that still believes women need rescuing. As the business grows, so do the complications. Old debts come due. New romantic entanglements complicate matters. And Torchy discovers that protecting the people you love sometimes means getting your hands dirty. This is early twentieth-century American life at its most vivid: the hum of wartime enterprise, the fragile hope of women reaching for autonomy, and the particular urgency of wanting to build something better when the future feels uncertain.