Yet Savannah had never been truly alone or even independent for any length of time.Growing up, she attended private schools and then a boarding school for young ladies in Switzerland.Summers were spent in such places as the Hamptons, Coral Gables, Maui, or the south of France and the Italian Riviera.Home base remained in Alexandria, Virginia, where the Winfield family dwelled rather comfortably in a 20-room, antebellum mansion.
At eighteen, Savannah came out as a debutante, able to drink Dom Perignon and dance the night away at her very own fancy ball.She had a half-dozen beaus vying for her attention, but she preferred to remain free and go wherever the money and the good times took her.
Savannah had tried college, but it didn't really suit her, especially since she couldn't decide on a
