<p><span style=color: rgba(85 101 117 1)>Shirley Vickers grew up in West London where she endured a lonely and miserable childhood with the singular exception of her friendship with a girl named Grace. On leaving school she became even more disillusioned as her life spiraled downhill. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(85 101 117 1)><span></span>The Passion and the Madness is the story of Shirley's tumultuous search for the only thing she really wanted from life--that being to love and be loved.</span></p>