Once upon a time a skinny Neapolitan waif dreamed of being a star.
But unlike the heroine of a fairy tale, Sophia Loren had to claw her way to the top.
She fought poverty, illegitimacy, Rome's movie industry, the Catholic Church and criminal prosecution for "public sinning."
Now in her own words comes the story of her love affair with Cary Grant, who lost her to another man...
the crisis of choosing a father for her sons...
and her intimate friendships with Frank Sinatra, Charlie Chaplin, Marcello Mastroianni and Richard Burton.