A Sense of Place

Alison Plantaine is London's most beautiful actress, the product of a distinguished theatrical family. But her Jewish heritage, kept secret from her audiences for years, remains a powerful influence in her life as she struggles to create a home for her unconventional family.

Accustomed to the boundless devotion of her cousin, Emma, and her agent, Maxwell Morton, Alison has made her work her first love. But it takes an act of passion with a stranger in enemy territory to bring Alison closer to her family ties and faith.

From the glamour of the London stage to the gloom of pre-war Berlin, Alison captures every audience, bringing friends and lovers into her magical world. For she is a woman whose ultimate destiny waits in the wings, in this compelling novel of the many sacrifices made for love.