Genç yaşta anne olan Sandra, kocasından gördüğü şiddete artık dayanamaz. Kocasından ayrılmayı kafasına koyar ancak bir yandan da Dublin’deki konut kriziyle de uğraşmaktadır. Ev bulmakta zorlanan Sandra, kızları ile geçici olarak bir otel odasına yerleşir. Kendisine yardım etmeyi reddeden bu sistemle mücadele eden Sandra, kızlarına güvenli ve mutlu bir yuva sağlayabilmek için sıfırdan başlayarak evini inşa etmeye karar verir. Bu süreçte kendi hayatını da yeniden inşa eder ve benlik duygusunu da geri kazanır.
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.
On election night in 1981, celebrations spill out onto the street and there is an air of hope and change throughout Paris. But for Elisabeth, her marriage is coming to an end and she will now have to support herself and her two teenage children. She finds work at a late-night radio show and encounters a troubled teenager named Talulah whom she invites into her home.
Liane, 19 years old, daring and fiery, lives with her mother and little sister under the dusty sun of Fréjus in the South of France. Obsessed with beauty and the need to become “someone”, she sees reality TV as her opportunity to be loved... Fate smiles upon her when she auditions for “Miracle Island”.