Basedonthebest-sellingnovelbyauthorDorothyAllisonanddirectedbyLisaCholodenko(HighArt,LaurelCanyon),Cavedwellertellsthetouchingtaleofamother'sremarkablewilltocarryonfollowingthedeathofhersecondhusband.Afterfleeingfromherabusivefirsthusband(AidanQuinn)andleavinghertwodaughtersbehindtobeginlifeanewinLosAngeles,Delia(KyraSedgwick)meetsthemanofherdreams(KevinBacon)andbeginstosettleintoacomfortablenewexistence.Whentragedystrikesandherhusbanddiesanuntimelydeath,DeliaisforcedtoreturntotheSoutherntownfromwhichshecameandconfrontherpainfulandanguishedpast.Whenshelearnsthatherfirsthusbandisterminallyillandherdaughtersarecurrentlyinthecareoftheirgrandmother,Deliawagesanuphillbattletoreuniteherfamilyandgettoknowthedaughtersshehadabandonedyearsago.