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Demitra's mother died when Demitra was three years old. Her father took her to the Greek island of Cephalonia, where she endures a lonely childhood. When Demitra comes of age, she defiantly begins an affair with a forbidden man. Elena is an Italian woman who dreamed of a life away from the brothels where she was raised. But opportunities are not meant for daughters of prostitutes and Elena has no choice but to become one herself. Maria lives in a poor mountain village with a loving mother and sister. When her father grows desperate to feed his family, he sends her to America to marry a stranger. Only eighteen years old, Maria is terrified of the journey ahead.