After a hard divorce with her husband, the writer Frances Mayes is slowly sinking into the abyss of depression. The spiritual crisis turns into the creative one. Desolate and broken, Frances yields to her friend's persuasion and goes to unwind in Italy. A miracle happens there! The caressing southern sun awakens in Frances, enchanted by the beauty of Tuscany, passionate desire to start a new life - here, in this warm and friendly land. The first thing she does is buying an ancient villa. The second is to make new friends. And she still does not know that the third will soon find her by itself. And this is a new, all-consuming love.