After being left by Mr Mackenzie(and not the other way arou nd)Julia faces facts.Once glamorous and sought-after she is now down-at-heel after a string of unsuccessful affairs and leads a jaded, faded life in a tawdry Paris hotel. Then the maintenance cheques stop and she is forced to change her ci rcumstances.She makes a decision-to return to London to her paralysed mother and worthy,martyred sister.It is to be a new leaf and a new life. But standing on her own is more difficult than she thought-she is restricted by the very existence she has created.