A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves and pursue education beyond high school.

A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.

Ethan Wate longs to escape his small southern town. He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena Duchannes. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history, and their town.

Judith Nelson quit her medical studies to marry. Years later, her husband, a physician, divorces her to be with another doctor. Deeply frustrated, she now lives alone in her luxury apartment in New York, looking for a new meaning ...

A struggling actress and her novelist lover each illustrate the struggle and deconstruction of their love affair.