With her family still reeling from a heartbreaking loss, Nora James (Stephanie Castellarin) carries unusually heavy emotional weight for a pre-teen girl. As her father, Martin (Brian Delate), struggles to find work, her mother, Dolores (Patricia Kalember), slips further into depression, which worsens when she becomes distraught about John F. Kennedy's death. Soon Nora is sent to live with her bitter aunt (Katharine Ross), an unfortunate situation that nonetheless helps her to find her own path.
With her family still reeling from a heartbreaking loss, Nora James (Stephanie Castellarin) carries unusually heavy emotional weight for a pre-teen girl. As her father, Martin (Brian Delate), struggles to find work, her mother, Dolores (Patricia Kalember), slips further into depression, which worsens when she becomes distraught about John F....