A retired boxer returns to the ring for one last shot at the title but only if he can make the weight. Holed up in a room in Las Vegas he embarks on an intensive and illegal weight cut program with an unscrupulous trainer.

Kathleen turns 18, leaves foster care, and returns to her hometown after her mother's death. She inherits a house and gets a job and a friend, but she feels empty and her past haunts her future.

This is the story of young mother Sandra who escapes her abusive husband and fights back against a broken housing system. She sets out to build her own home and in the process rebuilds her life and re-discovers herself.