Released from prison with terminal cancer, Max tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter and the grandson he2s never known. When his daughter's abusive, drug-addicted ex-husband reappears, Max's violent past comes back to haunt them all.

Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life, in this heartrending modern romance.