This is a work of fiction. The places are real. Alice, a vagabond living on the streets of New York was a child prodigy spotted by a Film director, She became a Hollywood super star. Her marriage to Flint Canova a male heartthrob was blighted by her husband’s wandering lust. He assaulted her, was imprisoned and there wrote his memoirs. Alice working in a bookshop fell in love with the owner Michael. She was heart broken after Michael’s death following a heart attack. She becomes an alcoholic and loses everything.