Africa is a tough place for a young woman, even more so for Adjo, a young girl forced into a life of prostitution. When men turn away from her door because of her young son, she is forced to run away to the city, abandoning her baby son, Kwaw.
In a society where families are the central purpose of life, all Adjo wants is a husband to take care of her- and all her husband will want is a baby to continue the family name.
Adjo is fortunate; luck shines upon her and she is swept from the streets into a life of money and a little care. Fate has granted her her wishes, but in the end the path of life brings Adjo and her son together again, and Adjo's Garden of Eden becomes infected with disease.