Toby and Salome are a couple living in New York, but their backgrounds are world apart. He is an all-American boy from a family of academics; she is a Croatian refugee raised in New Orleans. When Salome becomes pregnant, they decide to spend their lives together and marry. But finding a way to reconcile their families proves a difficult task. Toby and Salome are a young, modern couple living in New York, but their backgrounds are world apart. He is a middle-class all-American boy from a family of academics; she is a Croatian refugee raised in New Orleans.When Salome unexpectedly becomes pregnant, they decide to spend their lives together and hastily marry. But finding a way to reconcile their families and pasts proves a difficult task. Tobys mothers deep-seated mistrust of Salome causes tension, leaving her unable to accept her new daughter-in-law. But Salomes past, full of dangerous secrets, is more horrifying than any of them could imagine - and the violence that destroyed her homeland is far from over...