Everybody wants to be somebody but what does that mean and what is the price to pay to become somebody? Sandra grew up desperately poor and mistreated until she met her formidable grandmother who was determined that she would become the one who 'made it'. At first Sandra thinks that education, marriage and a solid career will make her somebody but she finds that she wants more. And she gets more as she circumvents barriers of race, class and gender to acquire wealth and prestige and eventually become an international success in her own right. At every juncture she must make decisions that may or may not be the right ones. Sandra's story is the story of Caribbean women who struggle to escape the natural limitations of Caribbean life and find their place in the sun and it reflects the questions that they ask as they make their way.