Prologue Summary

The novel "Secrets of the Morning" by V.C. Andrews tells the story of Dawn Cutler, a lonely and abused teenager sent out to make a future for herself at a prestigious school for the arts in New York City. Even in New York, Dawn's abusive, revengeful grandmother causes problems for her by spreading lies. When Dawn gets pregnant by an opera star, her grandmother forces her to live in seclusion with an equally cruel aunt, and then arranges for the baby to be adopted. In a twist at the conclusion of the novel, Dawn inherits the controlling portion of her grandparents' estate after her grandmother dies of a stroke.

Dawn Cutler is in a plane headed to New York City. She has agreed to go to school at the Bernhardt School for Performing Arts in New York in exchange for her grandmother...