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While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.

94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.

Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.

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.

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.

Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.