Most victims of the mafia are the Sicilians themselves. The role
of women both as perpetrators and victims has been grossly
overlooked. Until now.
As the daughter of Sicilian immigrants, in her teens Maria turns her
back on her origins and fully embraces the English way of life.
Notwithstanding her troubled and humble childhood in London, and backed
up by her intelligence, beauty and sheer determination, she triumphantly
works her way up to join the upper middle-class of British society.
There she becomes a bastion of civility.
But a minor incident wakes up feelings of revenge in her like those
lurking in Maria's Sicilian origins. As she delves deeper into her
mother's family history a murky past unravels, drawing Maria more
and more into a mire of vendetta.