三毛作品中最膾炙人口的《撒哈拉的故事》﹐ 由１２篇精采動人的散文結合而成﹐ 其中＜沙漠中的飯店＞﹐ 是三毛適應荒涼單調的沙漠生活後﹐ 重新拾筆的第一篇文字﹐ 自此之後﹐三毛便寫出一系列以沙漠為背景的故事﹐ 風靡了全世界的中文讀者。

A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV—and identification by the mob.