Paige has only a few vivid memories of her mother, who abandoned her when she was five.
Now, having left home and her father for dreams of art school and marriege to an ambitious young doctor, Paige finds herself with a child of her own.
Emotionally and physically exhausted, overwhelmed be the demand of her family, Paige cannot forget her mother's absence or the shameful memories from her own past. With doubts about her maternal ability creeping into her mind, Paige considers the unthinkable: is it possible her baby would be better off without her?