A Young Female Instructor

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.

Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.

A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.