Justin, an ordinary, scruffy youth, feels himself to be a young Laurence Olivier in the making. He is a man born to act, but at 17 too unsure to follow his heart. Then, he catches sight of The Vision, Kerry Brown, a 30-year-old actress with barely the right to look that beautiful.
Barbara Wersba was born in Chicago, moved to California, and then to New York City. She attended Bard College, and after graduating returned to Greenwich Village to study acting with Paul Mann. She received an honorary doctorate from Bard. In 1994, Wersba founded The Bookman Press, a small-press publishing company. She lives in Sag Harbor, New York.