Brilliant doctor and mother Deborah Green had the epitome of a picture-perfect life with two children, an adoring husband and a beautiful house in an opulent neighborhood. But behind the curtain is a rocky marriage that includes Deb's difficult bedside manner, her inability to get along with other doctors, an abuse of pills and alcohol, and major envy of her husband's successful medical career and his easy social manner. Tragically, these problems take a terrible turn that leaves her family and marriage in ruin.