Riches to Rags

Riches to Rags is the fictitious story of Merritt Hall-Davis, an heiress and successful physician whose life is shattered due to her mental illness. Merritt is born into a wealthy family and, for a while, lives a nearly perfect life as a physician, wife and mother. But eventually, Merritt's illness drives her to flee from her home and all familiar surroundings to a life of homelessness, a life on the street, where she in known as Molly. Over the years, she meets many others existing in the same circumstances as she. Her life on the street is filled with tragedies and danger, but also with love and enlightenment. Merritt's characteristics of strength and caring for others shine on in spite of the difficult and harrowing experiences she encounters.