When Emma, a baker in NYC, is hired to bake for the King and Queen of Sanovia's anniversary party, she is convinced a good job will lead to her landing a cookbook deal....
As World War II is going on in Europe, a conflict arises between the French and the Diola-speaking tribe of Africa, prompting the village women to organize their men to sit beneath a tree to pray....
8-year-old Billie leans on her vivid imagination, and her loyal best friend Sherry, to unravel the web of secrets shrouding her mother's true identity....