Alice Luckett is only a child when her father commits suicide. Her mother disappeared several months before, so Alice goes to live with her grandparents who have little time for the poor girl. Her only real happiness comes from the hours she spends with a neighbor and her son. Alice slowly comes to terms with her loss. But when her uncle gets involved in the bakery business where she works, a chilling memory from the night of her father's death comes back to haunt her. And a shocking revelation changes life for the whole family...