Felicia Bode arrives in Key West from Cuba in 1876 with a dreamer for a husband and a daughter who wasn't even hers. Learning English, raising a family, surviving hurricanes and fires, all of it challenging, but none of it as difficult as having to tell her family a secret that would change their lives. Charlie Morales, a twenty-one year old reporter for the Key West Citizen, is asked by Felicia Bode to begin a series of interviews in which she will recount her family's history. It is only when Felicia reaches her one hundredth birthday that she shares with Charlie the connection that they share.