Mary Ellen Donat

Smiles Mary Ellen Donat

She was his polar opposite, but he probably fell in love with her the first time he saw her.

Based on oral family lore, and a good amount of gossip, Smiles is the fictionalized true story of improbable love. It tells parallel tales of the vastly diverse personalities and early experiences of handsome, popular Miles "Smiles" Smythe and plain, shy Theta Whittle.

From the Great Depression to the end of WWII, their paths and stories cross and interweave, but it's unlikely they would ever converge.



Smiles follows the extraordinary journey of persistence and resistance by a girl cruelly raised to be her mother's "comfort in old age," a carefree boy whose adventures are both exciting and heroic, and the supernatural influences on each.

Its conclusion is equally incredible.