Following the passing of their invalid father, the poverty-stricken Montoya children and their mother are barely surviving, as together, they wage a daily war against the ravages of extreme poverty, racism and a system bent on separating and destroying them. Nine months after her husband?s death, his widow makes the difficult decision to accept an advantageous marriage proposal from a close friend, for the sake of her nine young children. Her eldest, thirteen year old Celina, is hurt and angry about the remarriage which appears, to her, a betrayal to her dear father?s memory. Just as the young family is growing close, a stranger from the past appears and reveals the shocking secret Celina?s mother has kept for many years; a secret that will test the Gonzalez family?s love for each other and leave them changed forever.
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