一時之氣殺了3個警察。 偶然間，她遇見安妮塔，一個歷盡風霜的老妓女；生活飄泊無依，斐歐娜與她一見如故，她們互相愛撫，斐歐娜卻未發現總以哀傷的眼神看著她的安妮塔竟然就是狠心拋棄她的母親。這對母女在同一條街上出賣靈肉卻未曾謀面，安妮塔不敢和她相認，在一夜尷尬地親密後，她選擇跳樓結束生命。 看見親密又陌生的安妮塔遺留在公寓頂樓的鞋子，似乎激起斐歐娜重新面對人生的勇氣，嶄新生活的第一步是 - 離開紐約…The story of Fiona and her mother told in eight chapters. Fiona is abandoned at six months of age, raised in foster and adoptive homes, abused, and, still a teen, hustles on the streets of New York. We watch her use heroin, fall in love with other women, be pursued by men, engage in murderous violence, hide out in a crack house, and decide to leave the city. We see her mother, also a streetwalker and drug user, occasionally talk about her lost daughter. Fiona has a necklace she was clutching when a foundling. Will mother and daughter meet? Is there a silver lining?
