At the age of 12, Elaine was looking forward to a wonderful summer. Instead she lay in a hospital bed with a plaster cast covering her body in an attempt to stop the progressing curve of her spine. She had never heard the word scoliosis until her orthopedic physician diagnosed her with a severe curvature of the spine. At that moment her happy, fun filled life would never be the same. As she endures years of medical treatments and surgery, she discovers that her family is crumbling, her best friend casts her aside and the darkness of depression becomes all too overwhelming. With no one to turn...