Struggling however unapologetically residing on her personal phrases, Inez is transferring from shelter to shelter in mid-Nineteen Nineties New York Metropolis. Along with her 6-year-old son Terry in foster care and unable to go away him once more, she kidnaps him to allow them to construct their life collectively. Because the years go by, their household grows and Terry turns into a wise but quiet teenager, however the secret that has outlined their lives threatens to destroy the house they've so improbably constructed.