在埃蒂特的日记中，她写道：“日复一日，我渴望自由，追寻希望的光芒。”知音live

　　When Edith Howland's husband abandons her for a younger woman, leaving her with their alcoholic son and his senile uncle, she begins recording details of an imaginary, much more successful life where she has friends and grandchildren. However, this diversion soon grows unhealthy when she becomes slowly convinced that the fantasies are real.