When her husband dies, Charlotte can't face the things she's done that could tear her family apart. So she flees south to escape her life, her three daughters, the mistakes she's made, and the secrets eating her alive. Now Gracey and her sisters are alone on Chicago's South Side. Their close-knit Black community gathers around them to keep them fed and clothed, but that's not enough to fix the damage of abandonment. Hundreds of miles away, Charlotte is struggling to keep her own head above water. When her demons catch up to her, the peace she tried to build shatters. Even if she's able to embrace motherhood again, will it be enough to save the family she left behind?