Calais

She was born Lily Malone and spent a lifetime haunted by the loss of her parents. She became Arlette Morgan, a fabulous star of stage and screen. She found love as Mrs. Anthony De Forest.

But she was none of these people, and much much more than all the fabulous roles she played.

Here is a novel of a triumphant woman who spends a lifetime striving to keep the whole world in her grasp, a woman whose spectacular longings, conflicts and ecstasies mirror the secret inspirations of the feminine heart....