Murray Grossan

Portrait of Secrets Murray Grossan

Rosalie, in 1912 New York, transformed from spoiled rich girl, to penniless orphan, to artist model, to heroine of the Lusitania, to honored Lady Rosalie Hawthorn. Did she die, and was sent back? Freezing in the river, she saw a light in the dark cloudy sky. She prayed to that light - God - if He let her live, she would devote her life to charity. Then, the heavens lighted, she saw the kind saintly face that was brightly back lighted, asked him if he was God, fainted, and then woke up in a shelter where she could keep her promise to Him to do charity. She became the respected Lady Rosalie Hawthorn. Then, in 1936, her six foot erotic nude was exhibited in the exclusive London gallery. When the portrait caused her husband's death, this betrayal transforms her again. What were the secrets that made her renounce her title and England? Her artist lover Bruce had tried to kill her. She escaped to the Lusitania! Later, she saved him from certain death. What happened when she, the married, moral, and respected Lady Hawthorn, spent six months with him, hiding in Europe? When she had the top Swiss psychiatrist treat her, she transformed again. What were the secrets that Rosalie must hide the only way she could; by choosing eternal sleep?