Alexis Donleavy has it all: wealth, a successful husband, and a top-notch career in New York City. Yet some days she grieves for the happiness that eludes her. And every day she desperately longs for her mother, Maggie. Growing up dirt-poor in West Texas, Maggie Royal aimed for greatness - and as a Hollywood actress, she achieved it. Now, decades later, she has agreed to a rare, revealing interview from her home in Paris. Slowly, painfully, the memories pour forth...until she must finally relive the moment she abandoned her eight-year-old daughter.