Freedom flows for Zahra, but suddenly it's ebbing. Zahra Ghafoori, an Afghan widow with a troubled past, plans to leave Tehran with her fiancé, wealthy architect Karim Konari, and her son Ahmad. Having lived through the post-revolutionary challenges in 1979 Iran, Zahra is anxious to settle in America. The dramatic reappearance of her revolutionary cousin Firzun, whom she believed dead in a bomb blast, changes everything. Firzun manipulates Zahra to flee with him to Australia. When they arrive, Firzun disappears along with Zahra's options. Before long, Zahra finds herself on the wrong side of the law. Old and new loyalties are tested, which will either bring Zahra and Karim together or keep them apart ... pushing freedom and happiness further away from her grasp. The question is, will it all ebb away forever?

During the volatile times that followed the Iranian revolution in 1979, Zahra, her husband and son are forced to leave their homeland of Afghanistan with her revolutionary activist cousin, Firzun. Zahra's life becomes embroiled with Firzun's, as her cousin joins the violent opposition to the new regime in Iran. Complexities increase as she again meets Karim, a man she's loved since she was a teenager. As the political turmoil unfolds, Zahra must choose between love and family loyalty.