"First Reba Hart had to get used to the fact that her husband of twenty years left her to marry his young dental assistant. Now she has to face the fact that her youngest daughter wants to go live with her ex-husband and his new wife. Hurt and angry, Reba struggles to accept her daughter's decision. But when her son also starts spending more time at his father's house, Reba fears she's losing her whole family. Although with her ex-husband's new wife...

Julia is a single mother and telephone operator who spends her free time ballroom dancing. When her partner disappears, she sets out to locate him, and in turn finds herself.

Las abandonadas: A woman abandoned by her fiancé is obliged to do all kinds of work until she falls into the trap of prostitution. She has a son and manages to bring him up, paying his schooling without him knowing it. At the end her son mistakes her for a beggar and gives her money. Bugambilia: Tells the story of a complex love affair between a foreman and the daughter of a mine owner.