Doris looks at the small red sketchbook that has accompanied her since 1928, unraveling the tapestry of her life. A tumultuous life, like something out of a movie; a maid in Stockholm, a model in 1930s Paris, and lost in the ashes of World War II's devastation.
She must write her story. And through this narrative, she may have the last chance to find the happiness she has been seeking, proving that it is never too late...

For fans of "The Little Paris Bookshop" and "The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared," a poignant book about a woman who records the memories of a stormy life, drawing inspiration from the pages of her well-worn red sketchbook. But the most defining moment of her life has yet to come...