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When Helen’s beloved father dies, she loses herself in memories of the time they spent together birdwatching and exploring nature. Obsessed with the idea of training a goshawk herself, she brings the imposing bird, Mabel, to live with her in Cambridge. But as she tries to teach Mabel how to hunt and fly unaided, she gradually realises just how much she has neglected her own feelings and her own life.

Following the ten-year siege of Troy and the decisive stratagem of the Trojan Horse, Odysseus and his companions wish to sail back as quickly as possible to his kingdom of Ithaca, where his wife is besieged by rivals vying for the throne and his son is growing up without a father. But when, during a stopover, he blinds a one-eyed giant and thereby arouses Poseidon’s wrath, obstacles begin to pile up in ways he could never have imagined. Will he reach Ithaca in time – or ever at all?

Lilia returns to her native Tunisia with her girlfriend to attend her uncle’s funeral, where she is reunited with her family, who know nothing about her life in Paris. As relatives gather and old friends turn up to reminisce, Lila learns of the mysterious circumstances surrounding her uncle’s death. She sets out to unravel the mystery and stumbles upon taboos.

Believing that his American lover, Jennifer, is on his side, Fernando, a young Mexican ballet dancer, enters the US illegally to make his dreams come true in San Francisco. After their passionate reunion, however, the woman from a wealthy family behaves so erratically that Fernando decides to make his own way in life. When he manages to join a dance company sponsored by Jennifer’s family, his fortunes seem to be turning.