It is the intense, tragic story of Dolores Ryan, the beautiful and fashionable young widow of an assassinated American President. After his death, Dolores finds herself too poor to sustain her extravagant tastes and too lonely to be fulfilled as a woman. The novel details her quest for money and for men. (Ref: Fantasic Fiction website: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/jacqueline-susann/dolores.htm.