Synopsis

Rebecca, a hip intellectual and struggling writer in her late 30s lives freelance paycheck to unemployment check, frustrated both by creative block and lack of professional success. Exacerbating Rebecca’s feelings of powerlessness in her own life, she is dismayed to be an involuntary witness to regular verbal abuse heaped by her neighbor Trisha on Trisha’s teenage daughter Allison.

When Rebecca attends a book-signing event for a younger former classmate who sold his first novel to a major publisher, her friend Nina suggests that Rebecca might have more success in her writing if she learns to overcome her aversion to sharing the darker parts of her life publicly.

One of the multiple gigs Rebecca juggles is hosting a monthly storytelling performance event in Los Angeles. One night, Elise, a confident, outgoing 24 year old, tells a story about her father’s death on stage and Rebecca is shocked to realize that Elise is her half-sister; the daughter of her own estranged father.

For years, Rebecca has avoided acknowledging her history of trauma, but now she can no longer escape facing the ugly head of her past’s resurrection. To overcome the walls separating her from her power and her unique voice, Rebecca must come to terms with her own history of domestic violence and learn to move beyond the past, live in the present, and positively shape her future.