The stunning Maggie Gyllenhaal gives the unmissable performance of her career as Sherry Swanson, a young woman bravely embarking on a new life after putting a troubled past behind her. After a prison sentence and personal transformation Sherry immediately sets out to regain custody of her young daughter, who is being cared for by her brother Bobby and his wife. However, dealing with the realities in the outside world and avoiding the temptations of her past proves to be harder than expected and Sherry has to face the hardest challenge of her life: fighting not only for her daughter but also for herself.