From a remote village in The Congo, a wealthy villa in Tehran,m and the colorful courthouses of New Orleans, five extraordinary women's lives are interwoven as they must face the most heart-wrenching of circumstances.
 
What arises from these seemingly insurmountable tragedies is a unique bond between them, for they share a heroism and tenacity that could only be created from the purest of loves: that which a mother has for her child.