This is a biography of Caitlin Thomas, the Irishwoman who married Dylan Thomas. It tells of their productive but doomed relationship, and of the promiscuity and scandal among the artistic community of Fitzrovia. It covers her life after Thomas's death from alcohol and morphine, and her freedom to become an artist in her own right. This subsequent life as a writer, alcoholic and wandering widow is told with the help of her uninhibited letters, unpublished manuscripts, and through conversations with Caitlin, her family and friends.