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Single mom and veterinarian Natalie DeAngelo lost everything your day her two sons were wiped out in a school shooting. Following her psychiatrist's advice, she determines to sell her once-happy home to escape the tremendous pain and grief of living there together. Desperate to find rest from her unspeakable damage, Natalie impetuously commits to honoring her boys' ram and volunteers to assist philanthropist Andrew Gordon at his elephant sanctuary in north Thailand. All she wishes once she gets there exists relief. But she soon realizes she may maintain over her mind when she faces three major problems: her incapacitating PTSD is creating nighttime terrors; Peter Hatcher, the sanctuary's irascible in-house veterinary, has a longtime grudge against her and wishes desperately for her to are unsuccessful; and Sophie, a female elephant with a raging knee contamination and PTSD caused by human maltreatment, is requiring that Natalie use every trick in her veterinarian's dark-colored bag to repair her. Dr. Hatcher wishes to euthanize Sophie, as he says she's a lost cause, and Natalie understands she must discover a way to convince others to let her keep striving. Can she and Sophie discover a way to heal collectively and learn to love life again? Or will another tragedy shatter Natalie's improvement?