Ghost light

"Dublin 1907. An actress still in her teens begins an affair with a damaged older man, the leading playwright at the theatre where she works. Rebellious and flirtatious, Molly Allgood dreams of stardom in America. She has dozens of admirers, but in the backstage of her life, there is a secret. Her lover, John Synge, is a troubled, reticent genius, a poet of fiery language and tempestuous passions. Yet his life is hampered by Edwardian conventions and by the austere and God-fearing mother with whom he lives. Many years later, an old woman makes her way across London on a morning after it has been struck by a hurricane. She wanders past bombsites, wrecked terraces and wintry parks, a snowdrift of memories and lost desires seems to swirl. She has twice been married: once widowed, and divorced, and her dazzling career has faded."--Publisher description.