Karen and Mike Donnelly are a happy, married couple, living a normal life with their daughter, Lori. But nothing can stay normal forever; soon, The lives of the Donnelly family are entrenched in discord and depression. Mike was once a firefighter-a hero figure to his wife and daughter-so when multiple sclerosis begins to deteriorate his physical form, The family deteriorates, As well.Where life was once normal and happy, Karen now finds her life to be strange and miserable. She is cast in the role of Mike's caretaker, but watching her husband and hero become a quadriplegic is incredibly difficult for her. Teenage Lori seems incapable of escaping her personal demons, and she soon falls into her own destructive behaviors.Karen seeks escape in her family's old summer house on Long Island. She hopes to find the answers to all her whys: Why does Mike suffer from MS? Why does Lori have to be so troubled? Why did this tragedy strike her family? in order to survive her present, she must look to her past. And when a haunting figure with a mysterious gift arrives at her door, Karen finds hope For The future.