It is winter in Brooklyn. The worst storm in recent years is sweeping through the city. On the snowy street, Richard Bowmaster, a lonely sixty-year-old professor, lightly bumps into young Evelyn Ortega. Nothing special - except that, a few hours later, he is surprised to see her standing on his doorstep. Evelyn, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, appears agitated and does not speak much. Richard calls his neighbor, Lucia, to help him make sense of it. But neither of them is prepared for what Evelyn has to tell them...

In a city buried in snow, three people come together in an unpredictable way. Within a few hours, compassion, solidarity, and even a romance blossom among them, reminding them that, in the heart of winter, you can keep an invincible summer inside you...

Isabel Allende narrates in her unique way a story as timely as ever, about today's America, immigration, and loneliness, but also about hope, humanity, and second chances.