It tells the story of Jem who can only think of her handsome youth pastor. When they start an affair, her chaste life is thrown into turmoil, jeopardizing her place in her family and the only world she's ever known.
Maddalena finally seems to have found her place: she is an acclaimed writer, happily engaged to Vanni a loving, brilliant publisher. But when Valentina reappears, she finds herself questioning everything.