Esperansa dumala, tchto wsegda budet ghit s lubimimi roditelami w bogatom dome, polnom slug, nosit naradniye platya i polutchat dorogiye podarki k prasdnikam. No wnesapnoye nestchastye perewernulo yeye mir: banditi ubili yeye otca, saghitotchnogo meksikanskogo semlewladelca, i Esperanse s materyu prishlos beghat is rodnoi strani w SShA. Isneghennaa dewotchka okasalas w lagere selskohosaistwennih rabotchih s bolnoi materyu. Ona proawlayet nesauradnoye mughestwo, uporno truditsa, preodolewaa ustalost i nughdu, i, nakonec, slowno ptica feniks, wosroghdayetsa k nowoi ghisni. Nedarom yeye ima w perewode s ispanskogo osnatchayet nadeghda.