Home Before Dark
In 1963 rural Massachusetts, Nora Janes has the usual worries of an 11-year-old girl: lipstick, first crushes, staying out of trouble at school--not easy when your teacher is elderly Sister Concilia, and even more difficult when your parents are struggling to heal from an almost-unbearable loss. Then tragedy strikes another Massachusetts family--the Kennedys--and shatters the fragile bonds holding the James family together, Nora, sent to live with her brittle Aunt Rose, soon learns who she is, what she wants, and what she must do to achieve it, then makes a decision that is both cruel and courageous. Nora's choice unlocks the way to what amounts to the rescue of her family.
- 1997
- 1 Hr 50 Mins
- Drama
In 1963 rural Massachusetts, Nora Janes has the usual worries of an 11-year-old girl: lipstick, first crushes, staying out of trouble at school--not easy when your teacher is elderly Sister Concilia, and even more difficult when your parents are struggling to heal from an almost-unbearable loss. Then tragedy strikes another Massachusetts family--the Kennedys--and shatters the fragile bonds holding the James family together, Nora, sent to live with her brittle Aunt Rose, soon learns who she is, what she wants, and what she must do to achieve it, then makes a decision that is both cruel and courageous. Nora's choice unlocks the way to what amounts to the rescue of her family.
