Gwengrowsupwithherromanticmotherconstantlytellingherthestoryofhercourtshipandmarriagetoherfather.Nickgrowsupwithanalcoholicfatherwhocan'tholdajobandwhosefamily,asaresult,isforcedtomoveallthetime.Thetwoareshapedbythis-GwenaromanticandNickwithdrawn,unsureofhimself-astheywatchthehugelypopularsixtiessitcom,"OneBigHappyFamily."Yearslater,itisthestarofthatshow,nowachildactorgonebadwithahistoryofdetoxandpeoplealwayssaying,"Ithoughtshewasdead,"FrancescaLanfield,whoconnectsthetwoofthem,afteryearsofnear-missesandalmostencounters.Gwenishiredtoghost-writeFrancesca'sautobiography,whileNick,becomingherlover,isthearchitectwhoistodesignabuildingonFrancesca'sproperty.WhenGwendecidestocrusadetosaveFrancesca'sbuilding,shewritesletterstothenewspaperwhichcatchesNick'sattention-andwinshisheartddd