Just released from prison, Michelle (Kimberly Elise) is determined not to return to her self-destructive life of drugs and prostitution. But she's about to face her toughest challenge yet in this adaptation of Bishop T.D. Jakes's best-selling self-help novel, which chronicles a woman's heroic struggle to come to terms with her dark legacy of abuse, addiction and poverty. Loretta Devine, Debbi Morgan, Michael Boatman and Clifton Powell also star.