Aurore Dupin is leaving her estranged husband, a loveless marriage, and her family's estate in the French countryside to start a new life in Paris. There she gives herself a new name--George Sand--and pursues her dream of becoming a writer, embracing an unconventional, even scandalous lifestyle. Among her many lovers and friends are Frédéric Chopin, Gustave Flaubert, Franz Liszt, Eugène Delacroix, Victor Hugo, Marie Dorval, and Alfred de Musset. As Sand welcomes fame and friendship, she fights to overcome heartbreak and prejudice, failure and loss. Will the life she longs for always be just out of reach--a dream?--