Amy Wheeler, a young American woman, decides to study abroad. Her initially wonderful experience and journey soon becomes quite a bit more complicated when she meets the Sicilian chef Lino. They start a relationship and she takes him to the United States where they build a life together. The health problems that the chef gets eventually cause Lino to die. Amy is faced with the challenge of getting through her grief in order to offer her daughter a pleasant upbringing full of joy and infinite love.