Anna Ascends
Synopsis
While working in Siad Couryâs coffeehouse in a Syrian neighborhood of New York City, Syrian immigrant Anna Ayyob falls in love with reporter, Howard Fisk, who is investigating a jewel smuggling ring. When she discovers that her co-worker, âThe Baron,â is involved with international thieves Count and Countess Rostoff, Anna telephones Howard with the information, but the Baron attacks her. During the encounter, she believes she accidentally kills him, and disappears. Three years later, after anonymously writing a widely popular novel called Anna Ascends, based on her own life, Anna again meets Howard Fisk. To save Howardâs sister, Bessie Fisk, from marrying Count Rostoff, Anna exposes the jewel thief and confesses to the Baronâs murder. Fortunately, Howardâs investigation discloses that the Baron is very much alive. Her named cleared, Anna marries Howard.
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