In Verona, a city ravaged by plague and political rivalries, a mother mourning the death of her day-old infant enters the household of the powerful Cappelletti family to become the wet-nurse to their newborn baby. As she serves her beloved Juliet over the next 14 years, the nurse learns the Cappellettis' darkest secrets. Those secrets - and the nurse's deep personal grief - erupt across five momentous days of love and loss that destroy a daughter, and a family.