When the worst things happen, redemption comes from the most unlikely places ...

Iris and Omar are trying to raise two kids amid Omar's long work hours and Iris's postpartum depression, and they're starting to worry that love might not be enough to hold their family together. Carol is dealing with age, loneliness, a bad hip, and a burgeoning case of agoraphobia. Recently divorced Leonora has her hands full with her angry teen daughter, Jenna. And Jimmy should never have let Crystal move in with him, but he did. It's a mistake that's about to have catastrophic consequences.

They're separate people with separate problems. But when one of them deals with a near tragedy, the ripple effects run through all of their lives in ways that are not easily smoothed.