Based on a true story. A single mother, with dreams of going to college and becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 and goes through a failed marriage with the her son's drug-addicted father.
Title from container Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001 Based on the book by Beverly Donofrio Special features: audio commentary, making-of special, behind-the-scenes featurettes, filmographies, production notes Director of photography, Miroslav Ondricek ; editors, Richard Marks, Lawrence Jordan ; music, Hans Zimmer, Heitor Pereira ; costume designer, Cynthia Flynt ; production designer, Bill Groom Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Brittany Murphy, Adam Garcia, Lorraine Brocco, James Woods, Sara Gilbert DVD, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 For private home use only Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired Includes audio tracks in English and French with subtitles in English, French, Chinese, Korean and Thai