Lydia is a true story, a fascinating tale about a brave young woman in search of love and total freedom. The reader is lead step by step into her extraordinary world, a world that at many times crosses the line between reality and dreams, and is far beyond ordinary expectations. Miranda's use of language has impact and is direct, as well as inclusive to the reader. There is no room for distance. On the contrary, the reader becomes involved. They are invited to enter their own inner world to question and explore it, whether concerning liberal sex, drugs or altered states of mind. The main character Lydia is an ambitious, strong-minded girl with a middle class background, that follows her dreams to discover her creativity and become an amazing artist. It is a controversial story about a small, unimportant girl entering a wide new world, starting from scratch, always finding practical solutions that change her life style rapidly. In search of her teacher, she dedicates herself to many different techniques that open the memory of her childhood and past incarnations, thus revealing the secrets of the unknown that keep following and frightening her from her birth. As she progresses, she looses weight, heals herself of cancer and other illnesses, overcomes other great difficulties, and step by step, comes from "thorns to the stars". But most of all, she makes her deepest wish come true - she finds her long awaited twin soul, with whom all parts of her life unite and make sense. Although she is connected with her higher self through her wise teacher, she denies spirituality through the form of false prophets, and narrow-minded individuals in search of power and magic.