A fashion queen wakes in Clearwater Village amid a brutal three-year famine. She recognizes the world: the Saul family, the hungry children, the exact plot she once played and won best actress for. Now she is Lena Yale — stepmother to Justin, Henry, Yara and Zack — facing children begging, "Mom, don't give me away, please." Flashing memories warn that ten years later they will return successful and send her to the guillotine. Tears, guilt and fear collide as a hand rises — "Don't hit them, please!" — so will she rewrite fate or replay the same tragedy?