Knowing the past changes the future. Seeking a connection to her heritage, Rebecca Hoffman sets out on a journey of discovery following the deaths of her adoptive parents. She finds that connection with her birth family in the Navajo community. But cultures clash when her husband is rejected as an outsider. Rebecca and her family experience rebirth in a rich culture and renewal as a family in this dramatic film based on the autobiography Looking for Lost Bird by Yvette Melanson (with Claire Safran).

　　当安静和蔼的凡恩·西格特（Vann Siegert）走进小镇时，没有人怀疑隐藏在表面之下的邪恶。尽管凡恩很有魅力，但他只是他遇到的人想要他成为什么样的人的反映。随着当地人开始消失，一个令人毛骨悚然的减法显然正在这个沉睡的小村庄里起作用。

George has been in a mental hospital for 3 years and is finally ready to go out into the real world again. Eddie Dash, a dedicated con-man, is supposed to keep him out of trouble, but when people begin to recognise George as a missing millionaire, Eddie wants to take advantage of the situation.

杰西（丹妮尔·帕娜贝克 Danielle Panabaker 饰）是一名品学兼优的好女孩，却因为一场意外而有了身孕，年仅16岁就诞下了孩子成为了单亲妈妈。为了保护自己的女儿，杰西的母亲泰瑞（梅塞迪丝·鲁尔 Mercedes Ruehl 饰）代替杰西成为了女婴的抚养着，隐瞒了杰西怀孕生子的事情，希望杰西能够返回学校，继续平静的学习生活。
哪知道，杰西的秘密最终还是被一位老师知道了，这位老师虽然已经结婚，却因为无法拥有一个孩子而深陷痛苦之中，他不仅深深的同情杰西的遭遇，还对他提供了许多力所能及的帮助。在一连串的意外和争吵之中，杰西渐渐的体会到了成为一名母亲的不易。

感恩节到底对人们意味着什么？欢聚、宴会，重温亲情的可贵？几个不同的家庭，几段不同的经历，几代人的代沟、隔膜，它们在感恩节中会如何发展？影片中几个家庭都是被生活的忙碌所累，为生活而奔波，但在难得的感恩节中，是该停下来，关心一下身边的人了。