In a small American town still living in the shadow of a terrible coal mine accident, the disappearance of a teenage boy draws together a surviving miner, the lonely wife of a mine executive, and a local boy in a web of secrets.

An attorney in Washington D.C. battles against cynicism, bureaucracy and politics to help the victims of 9/11.

A kindergarten teacher in New York becomes obsessed with one of her students whom she believes is a child prodigy.