Synopsis

At the beginning, there's Rosa. Born in Sicily in the early twentieth century, raised in a small village perched in the mountains, she revealed from an early age that she was made of the stuff her name suggests: flowers that always bloom, fruit that fights ailments, and sturdy, thorny wood. She never fully bowed to her father and brothers, who could do anything. Until 1925, when she met Sebastiano Quaranta, who "had no father, mother, or sisters, so Rosa had found the only man in the world who didn't know how to play her." It was love at first sight, but the look didn't deceive. Rosa ran away with him, they married, and together they opened a tavern, which became a hub for the people of the four surrounding villages. Shortly afterward, the handsome Fernando was born, as well as Donato, who would later go to seminary, and finally Selma, with hands as delicate as the embroidery she would master. Simple and gentle, Selma falls for Santi Maraviglia, known as Santidivetro (Glass Saint) for his translucent skin, marrying him against her mother's wishes. When he becomes legally the head of the family, trouble begins, and a carefully cultivated inheritance is stolen. Selma and Santi's daughters will pay the price: Patrizia, the most feisty of the three sisters; Lavinia, as attractive as Virna Lisi; and Marinella, their father's favorite, who is coming of age in the 1980s and dreams of studying abroad. The spirit of Sebastiano Quaranta watches over them all, returning to visit them in their most difficult moments.