I look like a doll that was suddenly shaken out of a satin box, Anne Sullivan thinks sadly. She spent all her twenty-four years in a quiet and comfortable home, in the company of a loving father, communicating with almost no one. But the father dies, and Anne is left alone with the little terrier - like Ellie and Toto in a world alien to her. And then her beloved dog disappears... At this moment of despair and loneliness, Anne meets a man who finds her dog and helps her find herself. Traveling with a new friend and an old dog, Anne realizes that the world around her is not at all hostile, but on the contrary, it really needs her love...