Rosemary Kingsland writes about her remarkable growing-up years in a severely stressed household racked by her parents` crumbling marriage. The major event of her adolescence was her affair with Richard Burton when she was only 14 and he was 29 and beginning to be a well-known actor. After the inevitable breakup, Kingsland went on to lead a remarkably well-adjusted life that even included reconciliations with her difficult and destructive parents.