Dolly and Eve are sisters - struggling Hollywood starlets at the height of the McCarthy era. Dolly, blinded by jealousy, betrays her sister to achieve stardom. Eve's tragic death causes a dramatic scandal in Hollywood and her two daughters flee to New York. Penniless and with changed name, Annie shoulders the burden of providing for her younger sister, Laurel.
History repeats itself, however, in dramatic fashion.
The shadows from the past tragedy haunt them as the family members trace them and enforce their silence. Then, Laurel, impatient with her sister's overprotective care, falls in love with Joe, seducing him away from Annie. It is an act of betrayal which is to shape all of their lives in the decade to come. Click here to return to The Eileen Goudge Home Page .