Millions adored Daphne Fields, for she shared  their passion, their pain, their joy, and their  sorrow. But America's most popular novelist remained a  closed book to the world -- guarding her life with  a fierce privacy no reporter could crack.

  Her life  hides a myriad of secrets. The husband and  daughter she lost in a fire. The son who barely survived  it and would be deaf forever. The victories, the  defeats, the challenges of facing life as a woman  alone and helping her son meet the challenges of his handicap.  A strong woman, she would not accept defeat, or help from  anyone... until she found she could no longer face it alone.