BasedonthebestsellingnovelbyauthorDorothyAllisonanddirectedbyLisaCholodenkoHighArt,LaurelCanyon,Cavedwellertellsthetouchingtaleofamother'sremarkablewilltocarryonfollowingthedeathofhersecondhusbandAfterfleeingfromherabusivefirsthusbandAidanQuinnandleavinghertwodaughtersbehindtobeginlifeanewinLosAngeles,DeliaKyraSedgwickmeetsthemanofherdreamsKevinBaconandbeginstosettleintoacomfortablenewexistenceWhentragedystrikesandherhusbanddiesanuntimelydeath,DeliaisforcedtoreturntotheSoutherntownfromwhichshecameandconfrontherpainfulandanguishedpastWhenshelearnsthatherfirsthusbandisterminallyillandherdaughtersarecurrentlyinthecareoftheirgrandmother,Deliawagesanuphillbattletoreuniteherfamilyandgettoknowthedaughtersshehadabandonedyearsago