A gripping tale of courage, resilience and life reinvention, set in 1920s Los Angeles, based on the true story of America's only leper colony. When a doctor diagnoses leprosy in a wealthy and self-absorbed socialite, Miriel West, she thinks it's just a mistake. After all, such a disease is found only on the pages of books or magazines! But overnight, her life changes: she is taken away from her husband, young daughters and all the comforts to which she is accustomed. At first she hopes that her exile will be short-lived, but those sent to Carville, a leper colony in Louisiana, are more prisoners than patients . Now she must find a new purpose within these walls, struggling with an unchosen fate. She will have to go through all the stages of the inevitable - from denial to acceptance, gain new experiences and change. After all, even in the darkest circumstances there is light and life.