Coming to Terms

Seventeen-year old Ellie O’Neal’s idyllic, unconventional family life in the Finger Lakes of New York is shattered in 1991 when her father and younger brother die in a horrific accident. She begins a twenty year journey of formation that takes her to New York City and London and back and reaches into the depths of her memory. On a coming of age quest replete with love and heartbreak she forms friendships that broaden and deepen her notion of family. These relationships compose a center that holds as she relearns her past and comes to terms with life.