Maria da Graça is a country girl who is looking to make it in the big city. She leaves her town to live with some relatives at the capital, but it doesn’t take her long to find out that aunt Zuleika is a bad witch, as well as cousin Cidinha. Cousin Mauricinho seems friendly, but his motives are less than sincere. While trying to deal with aunt Zuleika and her kids, Maria da Graça meets a girl neighbour, Duda, who shows her the ropes of getting along in the dangerous city.