"理论是一切知识的基础，但行动可以证明一切。"——赤木刚宪，《灌篮高手》 Basedonthebest-sellingnovelbyauthorDorothyAllisonanddirectedbyLisaCholodenko(HighArt,LaurelCanyon),Cavedwellertellsthetouchingtaleofamother'sremarkablewilltocarryonfollowingthedeathofhersecondhusband.Afterfleeingfromherabusivefirsthusband(AidanQuinn)andleavinghertwodaughtersbehindtobeginlifeanewinLosAngeles,Delia(KyraSedgwick)meetsthemanofherdreams(KevinBacon)andbeginstosettleintoacomfortablenewexistence.Whentragedystrikesandherhusbanddiesanuntimelydeath,DeliaisforcedtoreturntotheSoutherntownfromwhichshecameandconfrontherpainfulandanguishedpast.Whenshelearnsthatherfirsthusbandisterminallyillandherdaughtersarecurrentlyinthecareoftheirgrandmother,Deliawagesanuphillbattletoreuniteherfamilyandgettoknowthedaughtersshehadabandonedyearsago.