A city writer hires a restaurant drudge, a woman who had left her desert tedium several decades before, to help out his wife who has wanted to continue her singing. An attempted killing and a dramatic family revelation await in the works. 　　一位城市作家请来一位在餐馆打工的女人，帮他照顾想要重拾歌唱梦想的妻子。这名女人曾在几十年前离开了自己那单调荒凉的沙漠故乡，如今过着默默无闻的生活。随着三人的关系逐渐展开，一桩未遂的谋杀和一段深藏多年的家族秘密也悄然浮出水面。