Fifteen-year-old Angel knows she is different, that she is destined to become a feted author. Escaping the dreariness of her provincial life, she locks herself in her room, pouring all her romantic longings on to the page.

After reading The Lady Irania, the publishers are certain it will be a success, in spite of- and perhaps because of- its overblown style. Before long Angel is a literary sensation. Wealth, fame and adoration are hers.But how can she maintain the dream when she cannot see the world around her?