I realise that there is an elephant in the book that has to be addressed: who is the mysterious actress? Let me explain for those coming to this with no background knowledge of the book. Things in Heaven and Earth (a more apt title for this story you will not find!) is about an extraordinary meeting that took place between an unknown British playwright and a famous actress at a private dinner party on a sultry evening in Beverly Hills. The meeting turned their world upside down as it did for many of those who witnessed it. We are used to stories set in the realms of fantasy, science fiction, alien abduction and so forth, where the imagination can run riot. Yet sometimes – perhaps more often than we know – fantasy meets reality, and then, as the playwright writes, “…all kinds of strange things begin to happen.”
So to the actress. She had a very high profile in Hollywood at that time. Because of her fame, she knew that the press would wildly misrepresent what had happened. Those who witnessed the event, her friends and family were bound over to keep both the incident and her identity a secret. To this day her identity remains hidden. Part of the story involves how I came to be in possession of the material that makes up this book. In the telling of that I explore all the reasons why she remains anonymous, as well as my own search for her identity. There were clues, and indeed these are included in the text in a subtle kind of way. If you keep your eyes peeled, you may be able to travel the path I trod in my attempt to uncover her identity. Do I know beyond doubt who she is? I believe so. But ultimately it is still a mystery waiting to be solved. I hope one day it will be. But for me it has always been the story of what happened between the actress and Colin, my first husband that held the greatest interest.
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