Includes the poignant story of Julia. Lillian Hellman has lived the kind of life that reads like a novel... Her memorable friendship with the extraordinary JULIA, who struggled to aid anti-Nazi resistance in Europe before WW II ... Lillian Hellman's long love affair with Dashiell Hammett...her distinguished career as a playwright. In this beautifully written reminiscence, she moves back and forth from her childhood to the present to give us what is surely a moving, unforgettable masterpiece. Rarely do we get the chance to look so deeply into another's life.

(Key Words: Autobiography, Lillian Hellman, Theatre, Theater, Nazis, Europe, Dashiell Hammett, World War II).