The Lost Girl

Alvina Houghton, the daughter of a widowed Midlands draper, comes of age just as her father s business is failing. In a desperate attempt to regain his fortune and secure his daughter s proper upbringing, James Houghton buys a theater. Among the traveling performers he employs is Ciccio, a sensual Italian who immediately captures Alvina s attention. Fleeing with him to Naples, she leaves her safe world behind and enters one of sexual awakening, desire, and fleeting freedom.