Akuora has the lifelong task of seeing to it that at least one male child survives in her husband's household. At first, an oracle tells her that the family she is fighting to preserve is cursed and already destined to be wiped off the earth. But Akuora not only defies the oracle but she also defies physical odds and raises a son who marries and has children, including one son. But as she sits down to rest from her labours, disaster...