Publisher's Synopsis
Oscar winners William Hurt and Meryl Streep are united in this tale of a family in crisis. Katherine (Streep) and George (Hurt) Gulden encounter domestic strife when Katherine is diagnosed with cancer, and they turn to their daughter Ellen (Renee Zellweger), for help. Ellen is initially reluctant to leave her job as a New York journalist and return home, feeling that she has left her family behind. However, Ellen discovers that there are unresolved emotional issues which still affect her.