Vivien Kendall grows up set apart by a birthmark that covers much of her face, bullied, ridiculed, and mistreated for looking different.
At six she learns that a spirit flame burns in every person, a stubborn self-belief that must be tended and never allowed to die.
Her nanny, her mentor, and the skating legend who later becomes her coach give her the friendships that help her chase a dream of becoming the greatest figure skater in the world.
Love arrives and breaks her, while winning and losing both exact their price as she moves through a rapidly changing world still thick with prejudice and injustice.
What she uncovers is quieter than fame and harder to hold: one person, fully lit from within, can still change things.
