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Afierce,compellingaccountofthenatureandoriginsoflovefromDorisLessing,oneofthemostacclaimedwritersofthetwentiethcenturyandwinneroftheNobelPizeforLiterature2007.SarahDurham,sixty-year-oldproducerandfounderofaleadingfringetheatrecompany,commissionsaplaybasedonthejournalsofJulieVairon,abeautiful,waywardnineteenth-centurymulattowoman.Itcaptivatesallwhocomeintocontactwithit,anddramaticallychangesthelivesofallthosewhotakepartinit.ForSarahthechangesareprofound–shefallsinlovewithtwoyoungermen,causinghertoreliveherownstagesofgrowingup,fromimmatureandinfantilewiththebeautifulandandrogynousBill,toamaturelovewithHenry.