Ayda is an uncompromising, salacious woman who focuses solely on her work. She gets close to no one, and no one gets close to her. Didi, on the other hand, is fun loving and family oriented. She looks forward to the day when she and her husband will become parents. When tragedy strikes unexpectedly, Didi disappears and Ayda becomes the guardian of a young girl named Shams—a young girl who, in all societal respects, she should resent. As Shams's presence in Ayda's life induces transformative consequences, the truth behind the two women's relationship is revealed.

Even in the Breaks is the story of the strength born when women refuse to let adversity defeat them.