The Picture in the PARADISE TRILOGY , hope, tells This Melanie's Narrative. While her mother (Teresa) travels into Kenya, Melanie spends her holiday in the Austrian countryside at a strict diet for obese adolescents. Under the supervision of also a doctor that is creepy and a trainer, get drunk at the evening and the teenagers attempt to do sports during the day. Between nutrition counseling and physical education, pillow fights along with her very first cigarette, Melanie drops in love.