Four days before Christmas, Elizabeth Athens receives a voicemail from a number she doesn’t recognize. On the message, a man she doesn’t know makes one final plea to the love of his life for a second chance.
17 year-old Lucy who has been painfully isolated from her peers for years, refusing to let anyone near her house in order to hide her family secret – the overwhelming mountain of items filled in every crevice of space in her home. She quietly plans her escape to college while managing her mother Joanna’s hoarding disorder. Outwardly, a highly functioning nurse, Joanna maintains the dysfunction in their home with an obsessive grip but after a tragedy, Lucy must decide if she will hide her mother’s secret, or expose it to the world.
At Christmastime, a close-knit group of childhood friends returns home after 10 years to take part in the celebration of life of their beloved high school teacher.
Una semana antes de Navidad, a la Dra. Alicia Wright se le ofrece una tarea fuera de casa. Un hombre misterioso de sus viajes pasados la busca antes de Navidad y trae consigo una revelación que podría cambiar la vida de Alicia para siempre.
Heaven ha encontrado la nueva vida que siempre quiso tener junto a sus nuevos abuelos. Sin embargo, a medida que profundiza en la personalidad de aquellos que la rodean, la joven muchacha descubre que está rodeada de una serie de oscuros secretos de los que en su día se quiso deshacer desesperadamente.
Los padres de Casey y Sam abrieron sus propias pastelerías en Emeryville, y establecieron una gran rivalidad. Ahora ellos están dispuestos a continuar con esta competencia en un concurso de tartas.
