Set in 1940 Kalamata Greece 16 years old Sophia against her own free will is coerced by her mother to take up residency at the monastery to undertake her duties as a seamstress. It is here Sophia's journey begins. Amid her new life at the monastery Sophia meets sister Katherine who appears to be a puller of strength. Surreptitiously sister Katherine is devising plans for Sophia's future. Unbeknownst to Sophia she is to be betrothed to a man in the very imminent future. In essence Sophia's story metaphoises into the journey of her second daughter Katherine named after the aunt her father's sister the nun. A world of love, unforgiving deceit, deep tragedy and ultimately revenge.