Samantha Stark is lugging around baggage packed by a teenager, loaded with all the excuses why she hasn't been home in fifteen years. There's the long dead brother with whom she still has conversations; two sisters who drag around their own heavy frustrations; a friend who survived junior high with her and understands why she doesn't want to go back, and a husband who thinks she should.The heaviest weight that Sam drags around is the mother she blames for everything, from the desertion of her brother to the isolation she feels from her own family. When she finally decides to go home to confront them, sure she’ll never make the effort to see them again, her defiancé is tested by the surprises she finds in the people she thought she knew, and wonders where the blame really lies—but it's not about the cookies, not this time.