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Ursula Rhoades has few regrets about being a stay-at-home wife and mother. In the quiet of her comfortable home, she nurtures her children, supports her husband, and teaches music lessons.

William Lyon's past forced him to become someone he isn't. Conflicted and unable to maintain the charade, he separates from his wife and takes a job as caretaker at a former mental hospital.