In Italy, Reno is overwhelmed by the sophisticated cruelty of Sandro’s family, who very obviously disapprove of Sandro’s lifestyle and his too-young American girlfriend. He decides to give Reno his blessing to go to Italy and also to accompany her, to put some distance between him and the shooting. One night, Sandro shoots a boy who had attempted to mug them in the street. Sandro is unhappy with this turn of events, because he has spent his entire adult life trying to separate himself from his family name and business. Triumphant in her achievement, the team ask her to come to Italy for a photoshoot and a press tour for Moto Tires.

She recovers from her injuries with the Moto Valera team, who have her drive the Spirit of Italy in order to break a women’s world record. She crashes the motorcycle but manages to photograph the tracks left in the salt flats. Sandro sets her up with a Moto Valera, and Reno goes to Nevada to pursue speed and art. Sandro is the inheritor of the Valera company, a business that mostly deals with tires but was founded by an Italian who created the fastest passenger motorcycle. She has the idea to go back to Nevada for the races on the salt flats. Reno is a landscape artist inspired by speed she photographs the tracks of motorcycles and other high-speed vehicles in remarkable backdrops. Sandro is kind to her, but also can’t tell if Sandro is with her because he truly loves her or because he likes to pick and choose the women he surrounds himself with. Reno navigates her relationship with Sandro while hiding her attraction to Ronnie. She meets Sandro’s best friend, Ronnie-the same stranger from the one-night stand. They begin dating and Reno is whisked into a highly chaotic and intoxicating lifestyle of wealthy creative and intellectual types. Reno hopes it’s the nameless stranger from that night, but instead it is a wealthy, older, Italian artist named Sandro. One day her bosses tell her that a man has been asking about her. Reno finds a job with a film production company. It’s only one night, but it stays with her. The night is turbulent, but Reno ends up in bed with the friend, whose name she does not know.

He is young, handsome, and nicknames the woman from Nevada Reno. One night, the young woman is out exploring the city and unceremoniously meets Thurman and Nadine, a wealthy-looking couple who invite her to stay and drink with them. Her only friend is a diner waitress named Giddle, who seems to make up most of her stories. In 1975, a young woman moves to New York City after graduating from art school in her home state of Nevada.

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