Then one night, when she saw the look on her ten-year-old son's face, Fran finally made a choice and ran for both their lives.

For the woman who now calls herself Beth, every day is a chance to heal, to put together the pieces of her shattered self.

Based on the novel by Anna Quindlen directed by Paul Shapiro.

After a woman's husband beats and abuses her, she and her son join the witness protection program and move away secretly.

It stars Jennifer Lopez as Slim, an abused wife who learns to fight back.