Susan Retik and Patti Quigley are two ordinary mothers living the American Dream until their husbands are both tragically killed on September 11. Rather than turning inwards, grief compels these women to travel to Afghanistan and help empower Afghan widows, whose lives have been ravaged by decades of war, poverty and oppression.

As Susan and Patti make the courageous journey from their comfortable neighborhoods to the most desperate Afghan villages, they discover a powerful bond with each other, an unlikely kinship with widows halfway around the world, and a profound way to move beyond tragedy.