一个看似完美的家庭,在生下一名天生有缺陷的婴儿后便濒临破碎。 茱莉亚出生后便有缺陷,可能随时都得面临夭折的命运,她的父亲马克(Eric Close饰)无法接受这个事实,离家出走。她的母亲戴安步派克(Kimberly Williams (I)饰)发现其实在生命中还是能有许多的贵人相助,像是她的母亲汉娜(Blair Brown饰)、以及一位乐观的年轻女孩艾美(Alexa Vega饰),还有她前夫的兄弟大卫(Campbell Scott饰)身为一名医师,不时尽心尽力的照顾茱莉亚。当然,茱莉亚本身也带给了母亲很大的鼓舞。 影片中原著作者卢安.莱斯Luanne Rice则认为本故事只是纯粹在展现一种无条件的爱,一种每一位母亲都愿意为她小孩付出的爱…….Two brothers - one virtuous, one feckless - are in love with the same woman. She falls for Brother Wrong, carrying a torch for him even after he deserts her. But Brother Right remains steadfast and available. What's unusual here is why the bad brother pulls his disappearing act. Mark walks out on wife Dianne after learning that the baby they're expecting has severe genetic abnormalities. Dianne is nonetheless determined to bear her child, with support from her mother and Mark's brother David, a pediatrician whose love for Dianne is unspoken but obvious. How do they cope with the challenges of raising this little girl named Julia?