With the growing unrest that led to the Burundi Civil War, they moved to France in 1994.

Rolland once lived in Paris with Christophe Rocancourt, an impostor, confidence man and gentleman thief who scammed affluent people by masquerading as a French member of the Rockefeller family.

At twenty years old after serious acting lessons with renowned actor Alain Delon, Rolland embarked on a new career as an actress.

The book is her testimony to her childhood in Rwanda, transition to a different culture, her modeling and acting career, her philanthropic work and her family.

Rolland's work is mostly concentrated in Rwanda where she focuses a lot on education, as it is one of the things children survivors of the Genocide have missed out on.