A struggling widow falls in love with an illiterate short-order cook whom she teaches to read and write in her kitchen each night.

3 women, who've been friends since childhood, meet at university in Dublin in 1957. Student and boyfriend life begins.

12-year-old Max accompanies his family on a vacation to ancient Incan ruins. While there he discovers an ancient and valuable mask. Suddenly the trip becomes lots more exciting, and dangerous.