A poignant story of Erica Kepler who grows up in a world shattered by the ravages of World War II. It is a quest for her lost father, her lost esteem and her own identity. A restlessness in her compels her to seek peace in a distant land, where she is deceived and physically hurt. A gripping tale of the modern world with its sordid reality, but with an undying faith in love and the goodness of man.