艾维瓦是北方小镇提贝里亚斯的一个旅馆厨师,她工作勤恳,可心中的梦想始终遥遥无期。多年来,她卓越的写作才能埋没于围裙与炊事中。大学教授作家奥德慧眼识才,并承诺帮助她实现理想。可是通往理想的道路却打乱了她的生活和家庭。失业的丈夫,麻烦不断的孩子,情绪波动的老母亲,还有滑稽搞笑却又心思敏感的姐姐,无不让她陷入两难。当艾维瓦发现奥德利用她写的故事出版了新书,世界仿佛崩塌在她眼前。经历了种种艰辛,不屈的艾维瓦终于发现了生命的真谛,重新踏上了追寻梦想的旅程。Aviva, a hard-working hotel cook in the northern Israeli town of Tiberias, is on the brink of finally fulfilling her lifelong dream. For years she kept her remarkable writing abilities under wraps, until her sister, Anita, introduces her to Oded, an accomplished novelist. Immediately recognizing Aviva's talent, Oded takes her under his wing, promising to help her achieve greatness. But the journey to greatness effects her life and the lives of her family - her unemployed husband, her trouble children, her unstable mother, and primarily her sister, a funny and sensitive woman who have her own dreams. When Aviva discovers that Oded has other plans for her work, her world collapses.