After a Decade of Caring for Crazy and keeping her mother's mental illness a secret from the outside world, twenty-year-old Paolina gets the chance to go to an out-of-state school. Her wish for just one year living free from madness is thwarted as letter after letter from home arrives, constantly reminding her of the life she hoped to leave behind. The voices in her own head don't help, either, whispering words to her in a way she's not sure is normal...