This is a true story of a woman who learns a dark and troubling secret about her trusted husband that threatens to rip her world apart. With the aid of a group of daring women, she escapes with her four children to another country. In her new found freedom, she is able to examine the childhood experiences that influenced her to remain imprisoned and paralyzed in an abusive relationship for so long. It is a riveting story of one woman's search to understand her ignorance and tolerance of an abusive relationship and the parochial, male-dominated society in which she was trapped.