About this item

Orphaned as a young child, Linda McLane lives a life of servitude and physical abuse with her guardians, her bitter and dangerous aunt and uncle. Alarmed by Linda's plight, a kindly reverend notifies her other aunt, prominent Hollywood actress Vera Sinclair, who promptly whisks Linda away from her dreary English village and off to sunny Los Angeles. On the ocean voyage, Linda begins a transformation from gawky village lass to beautiful sophisticate, a transformation aided by her very wealthy new friends, Reggie, Eve and Melanie Tweeks. Using what she learned from the Tweeks and a chivalrous Clark Gable, she finds immediate success as her aunt's secretary. Vera is working on making a spectacular comeback. The result is a story of depth and complexity.