Plot Summary:After their parents' untimely death in a car accident, Penny struggles to take care of her younger sister Mary, who suffers from an incurable disease. A precocious former poet, Penny has turned to prostitution as a means of support, but Mary is determined to re-ignite a spark of hope in Penny's life by expressing her deepest feelings in her BOOK OF STARS. With the aid of the Professor, who is a friend and neighbor, Mary secretly corresponds on her sister's behalf with a Prisoner, who is inspired by the book of poetry Penny wrote as a young girl. Although Mary's BOOK OF STARS manifests her wishes, it is ultimately Penny who must live out its ending, when Mary passes away. It is the depth of love and trust between two sisters which pulls Penny back from the brink of self-destruction to embrace Mary's legacy -- a sense of magic, light, hope and the promise of tomorrow.
Mary(Jena Malone饰)是一个15岁少女,在父母意外过生后和姐姐Penny一起住。由于患有不治的肺病,正值花季的她很少离开家门。暗恋经常在窗下经过的邻居Kristjan。姐姐以前曾经出版过一本关于太阳星宿的书,但现在却沦为了出卖肉体的瘾君子。 一天,Mary在信箱里收到一封寄给Penny的信。一封来自正在监狱服刑的读者的来信,在她所剩无多的日子里,会发生一个怎样的故事呢?