A lifetime of 'Women's Lib' left Marie-Louise Marshall fighting for her life. She'd been badly beaten and left for dead on the docks in Kings Lynn. Shocked out of their complacent view of her, close friends gather round her hospital bed, trying to unravel the mystery. This tragic figure in no way represents the woman they know so well. Marie-Louise was successful, accomplished, poised, and set into shape by her working life; a working life culminating as a Bank Manager and an Expert Witness. What in her past could cause this much damage in her present, putting her future in jeopardy?