 The novel was Regina Duarte, José Mayer, Carla Marins, Carolina Ferraz, Eva Wilma, Cláudio Corrêa e Castro, Nuno Leal Maia, Lília Cabral, José de Abreu and Ângelo Paes Leme playing their central roles in the plot.Helena (Regina Duarte) is a sweet, honest, sensitive and very warlike woman who faces the untimely severity of her daughter Joyce (Carla Marins), who in turn is abandoned by her boyfriend, the irresponsible Caio (Ângelo Paes Leme).The biggest problem is the girl's father, Assunção (Nuno Leal Maia), Helena's ex-husband, who is not in a situation.