Losing Balance

Jessika,aprecociousteenagegirlwithlovingparentsandagood-naturedoldersister,isthecenterofaslightlyeccentricfamily.Aseriesofsmalleventsdisruptstheirdelicatelybalancedecosystem.Jessika'sfatherloseshisjobandbecomesboredanddespondent,whileJessika'smotherreenterstheworkforceandbecomesempowered.Theseeventsactascatalystsfortheslow,painfuldisintegrationofthefamily,witheachmembercommittingshockingactsofalienationandself-destruction.Desperatelywantingherfamilybutatthesametimedesiringheradolescentindependence,Jessikastrugglestofindthebestwaytorestoreabalance.