Made-for-TV adaptation of the best-selling novel by Kim Edwards. When Dr David Henry (Dermot Mulroney) & his wife Nora (Gretchen Mol) give birth to twins, Phoebe & Paul, David is dismayed to discover that Phoebe has Down's syndrome. Unbeknownst to his wife, he makes the decision to send Phoebe to an institution, telling Nora that her daughter was stillborn. However, when the attending nurse (Emily Watson) decides to intervene & raise the baby herself, she sets into motion a sequence of events that will haunt the doctor & his wife for years to come.