"I understand that our life must seem insignificant to you. It is easy to imagine how it passes. The shops where I make my modest purchases. Simple cleaning, cooking, laundry. The occasional phone call. A long letter from relatives every six months. Reading aloud. A monotonous life with few events. An old woman and her unmarried daughter, of no interest to anyone."

But one day, chance breaks into this quiet routine, and the whirlwind of events that follows brings new meaning—and the possibility of a new life.