Inspired by the authors formative years in Sri Lanka (Ceylon in the book) her loves sorrows and above all her muse Vivien Leigh Serenading the Dawn is a nostalgic at times playful at times heartbreaking informative and whimsical journey in verse. Illustrated with evocative and wistful pencil sketches and written in a style that evokes imagery of an era long gone this sentimental anthology will appeal to lovers of history cinema family nostalgia and romance.