Lavinia, a beautiful and brilliant young woman whose first decade of life shadowed the last decade of communist Romania, falls madly in love with Christopher, a fellow student at the University of Southern Maine. Christopher is from Vermont and serves in the Maine National Guard. Together they marvel at the slim probability of their lives connecting from such different backgrounds and distinct corners of the world.

Dreams of a long future of lasting love, family, and professional achievement collide with the unintended consequences of life choices, that are driven by the decisions of the politically powerful.