Tom, an overweight young man, takes refuge at his grandmother's cabin in rural Illinois in an attempt to bury the years of being bullied and feeling rejected. While in town, he meets a precocious blind girl named Lilly, who shows him how to be accepted and loved.

十三岁的朱莉失去了母亲，她必须要去印第安纳和她的祖母凯伦住在一起。凯伦曾是舞台上的明星，在她阿兹海默症还未完全爆发时，她想把所有知道的一切都教给孙女，这一切的一切会成功么？