Fleeing with her daughter from her abusive boyfriend Evelyn Danielson takes the first bus out of dodge. Landing in California she must create a new life for them, but that is easier said than done. Between her daily battle with epilepsy, an invisible illness that proceeds to get worse, struggling to raise her spirited pre-teen daughter and trying to keep her head afloat, Evelyn is on the verge of breaking, her hope of survival diminishing with each passing day. To make matters worse she's been found by her ex-boyfriend and he's out for blood; hers. Every time life has kicked her down she has managed to stand back up and dust herself off, but has life finally kicked her too hard?