Miles from her native land, former editor-in-chief Marilyn Montplaisir is not at the end of her troubles trying to integrate into her new life. Different customs, different languages, different cultures, those who believe that the great enthusiast is taking it easy under the hot Costa Rican sun are mistaken...

Between her meditation sessions, training, writing and managing her small business, Marilyn, constantly guided by her cynical and entertaining little internal voice, learns to share her universe... Not easy for this great loner, to live, day after day, surrounded by strangers! In addition to the countless Latin machos hanging around, the attractive thirty-something must adapt to the distinct personalities of the travelers who storm La Casa de Marilyn. Throughout her encounters, the joyful adventurer's optimism about the future of humanity begins to seriously fail.


Will she manage to adapt to her new country? Will she succeed in keeping faith in her dreams of a better society? Will she find the happiness she longed for?