Book 2 of the first Trilogy - ERA/ERROR of UNDERSTANDING. In the dying months of the twentieth century - this being September, 1999 - Paula, without any effort on her part, becomes the silent observer who witnesses events occurring in a reality that seems far removed from the one in which she lives currently. Oblivious to her own terrible circumstances, she becomes absorbed totally in the lives of others. These are three women who are involved in different relationships with the one man - a wealthy shipowner, Charles Lyndhurst. Inexplicably, the lives of Louisa, Sylvia and Elizabeth, in Australia of 1867, take precedence then over Paula's present American life. It is all oh-so-familiar to Paula! Print ed. 723 pages.