Synopsis

After her mother dies in a car accident, teenager Emily Hamilton moves to the Eastern Shore of Maryland with her father who has accepted a job as a lawyer with a small law firm. Emily feels responsible for her mother’s death. Her relationship with her father is very strained and she is having a hard time dealing with her emotions. Everything starts to change for Emily after she rescues an injured chicken, left for dead, from a factory farm near her new home. With the help of new friends, neighbors and a kind veterinarian, Emily begins to heal and her life finds new meaning.