For years, the best that young girls from the backwater village of Alta Gracia couldhope for was a position in the Big House, home of the immensely powerful andpolitically influential Goyena family. So, when Señ orita Delia Lugghi - enigmaticteacher and devout Peró nist - arrives from Buenos Aires to found a state school inthe village, the future of Milagros Riquelme suddenly seems to be full of possibilities.But change rarely does come easily. Inspired by true events, this story charts a lifeof tragedy, love, and missed opportunity, as Milagros goes from girlhood to old age.all the while being forced to navigate the violent landscape of Argentina in the mid-twentieth century.