Paige has only a few vivid memories of her mother, who left her when she was five. Now, leaving her hometown of Chicago for dreams of art school and marriage to an ambitious young doctor, she finds herself with a child of her own. But her mother’s absence, and the shameful memories of her past, leave her with painful doubts about her self-worth and maternal ability.
The only way to reunite her fractured family is to revisit her childhood – and find answers in the past to give her the strength to face the future.