成功商人托马斯的妻子突然去世,伤心之余,他被迫踏上了去寻找女儿妮可的旅程。在斯里兰卡这个贫穷的国家里,他的所见所闻让他震惊,由最初对女儿行为的不理解,逐渐转变到支持女儿的决定,甚至接受女儿想要当修女的想法。幸好安娜修女及时阻止。妮可最终决定跟父亲回国,完成学业,当了一名出色的医生。而托马斯也开始收养孤儿,不断资助安娜修女她们的公益事业。。四名即将毕业的大学生,为检验各自的谋生能力,步入社会,经历了一场奇特的人生经历。。The young Marie, daughter of a Thuringian glassblower, violates all traditions after the death of mother and father. To feed herself and her sisters, she became the first female glassblower in the small town of Lauscha in 1890, and her artful glassy Christmas balls find themselves in America.。