<p>More than half a century ago, in a remote Corsican village, the beautiful Margot loses her newborn daughter to a tragedy that reaches beyond the disputed island. Sixty years later, Emily, an erudite and tenured professor of literature at the University of Berkeley discovers a novel that destroys her very foundations and leads her to the edge of disaster. Can Margot lead young film director Amanda tot he truth that will save them all?</p>