Emma le Roux just wants to go home for the holidays. Gentle, beautiful, pacifist Emma. She's made the trip to her father's farm a thousand times. Piece of cake. But not today. Today she will cross paths with Bosman and Baz and Jay. And Boela and AJ and Piet. Bosman is the mastermind of the drug syndicate. A violent psychopath. Baz and Jay are his henchmen - violent dogs on a short leash. AJ and Boela, spoiled brats looking for validation, are on board to make a quick buck in the criminal underworld. And then there's Piet, the weakling, who is willing to do just about anything for his cousin Bosman. Emma witnesses the murder of a policeman at their hands. And they see her seeing them. Now they're hunting her down like an animal. She's easy prey, after all - it'll all be over soon. The problem is, Emma is the daughter of Jacques le Roux. And Jacques le Roux was a Special Forces soldier. The hunt isn't going according to plan. Everything starts falling apart, and fast. At first they were...
17岁的中学生Evie Brighton的成绩无懈可击,然而却是个不安的小青年。她背地里写诗,照顾智力迟钝的妹妹 Emily 。Emily的弱智是由于儿时的受伤引起的,这件事至今还困扰着自觉良心有愧的母亲Martha。当Emily开始吟诵部分姐姐的诗时,Evie设计花招让Martha和高中英语老师Stewart Worthy 确信Emily是个真正的诗人……而这一切蓄意破坏自己大学面试的行径是为了进一步延后成人生活的开始。改编于剧作家Dawn O'Leary 的同名舞台剧。