Marg Duffield (Lee Remick) is the Maine wife of Al (Joseph Sommer) whose daughter Peg (Marlee Matlin) is deaf. Peg's husband is killed in a car accident on the way to visit the Maine house, and the Duffield's take in Peg&
Reese Donahue an aspiring writer, works hard to keep from working. She suffers from a strong case of entitlement. Her mother died when she was sixteen, and her father, Grayson Donahue tries to give Reese and her sister, Audrey all that they need.