Adult

Lynne Cox started swimming almost as soon as she could walk. By age 16, she had broken all records for swimming the English Channel. Her daring eventually led her to the Bering Strait, where she swam five miles in 38-degree water in just a swimsuit, cap and goggles. In between those accomplishments, she became the first to swim the Strait of Magellan, narrowly escaped a shark attack off the Cape of Good Hope, and was cheered across the 20-mile Cook Strait of New Zealand by dolphins. She even swam a mile in the Antarctic.

By 1908 Francesca Frascatti has reached the pinnacle of success in the opera world. At night Francesca appears as Tosca at the Manhattan Opera House; but by day, she tries desperately to find her daughter before her cunning grandfather can spirit her away to Italy and out of her scandalous mother's reach forever.