This is a story about Nadine Doucette Preston and the choices she makes as a single mother. She tries to protect her 14 year old daughter, Roberta, from an incestuous assault, perpetrated by her alcoholic husband. He is convicted of the heinous crime and sentenced to 20 years. Because of an early release program, he is let out after serviing 14 years and returns to Lake Charm,  Nadine, his daughter and an unexpected result of his crime, a son named Freddy.

Nadine aspires to a better life outside the trailer park that has been her life.  When she takes matters into her own hands to protect her family, it has unexpected results that puts their lives in jeopardy with a surprising conclusion.