Mona Gray is a 20-year-old loner who systematically withdraws from life into a world of mathematics after a mysterious mental illness leaves her father. Almost every scene plays like early draft ideas prematurely, and plausible human behavior remains stunningly elusive. Mostly we are left to deal with life's troubles on our own. However, If we find like-minded souls in the world, and we reach out to them, we can help each other embrace our time on earth as a gift, while at the same time letting go of those who must move on. Mona reverts to some of her old self-destructive impulses. Eventually, Mona discovers her value in the love she shows her students, and Ben's patience is finally rewarded as the two find love in each other