Beautiful Eva has only three close friends in the world Patsy, who she looks upon as a sister Bill, once her childhood sweetheart and her mother, to whom she is devoted With Eva's father bitter and angry at life as a cripple, she and her mother support each other despite the abuse But when a tragic accident robs Eva of both parents, Patsy - a loveable Irish rogue - is the only one left to support her Tragedy strikes yet again when Eva's uncle, full of hate, comes to reclaim the farm and business