A young woman named Calista meets the famed Hollywood director Billy Wilder in the sweltering summer of 1976. She knows nothing about him or his work, but this chance encounter will change her life for good. Wilder is living with the realisation that his star may be on the wane. When the world is catapulting towards change, do you hold on for dear life or decide it's time to let go? The dazzling new novel from the prize-winning, bestselling author of 'Middle England'.