Fia is 18 years old, pregnant and has just moved with her boyfriend to their first apartment in a suburb. Alone she tries to navigate the society of adulthood for the first time.
While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.
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.
Kate Winslet'ın bu etkileyici ilk yönetmenlik denemesinde Helen Mirren, son vedasını kendi istediği gibi yapmayı planlayan hasta ve kıvrak zekâlı bir anneyi canlandırıyor.
Julie, doğum sonrası depresyonunun neden olduğu karanlığı geride bırakmak için yaratılışının parlak Crayola renkli dünyasına kaçan yeni bir anne ve çocuk kitabı yazarıdır.