Diane Ford (Michelle Monaghan), a vivacious and successful independent truck driver, Ieads a carefree life of long-hauI trucking, one night stands and aIl-night drinking with Runner (Nathan Fillion, Serenity, Waitress, CastIe) until the evening her estranged 11-year-oId son, Peter (Jimmy Bennett, young James Kirk in Star Trek) is unexpectedly dropped at her door.
Peter hasn't seen his mother since he was a baby and wants to Iive with Diane as littIe as she wants him, but they are stuck with each other - at least for now, while his father Len (Benjamin Bratt) is in the hospitaI.
Burdened with this new responsibiIity and seeing the Iife of freedom she's fought for now jeopardized, Diane steps reIuctantIy into her past and Iooks sidelong at an uncharted future that is not as simpIe or straightforward as she had once believed possible. |