- Amanda
- Woods
- is
- a
- twice-diagnosed
- paranoid
- schizophrenic,
- pitifully
- neglected
- by
- social
- services
- for
- almost
- twelve
- years.
- During
- that
- time,
- she
- has
- teetered
- on
- the
- edge
- of
- reality,
- plagued
- by
- a
- variety
- of
- delusions
- and
- hallucinations,
- including
- one
- involving
- her
- late
- mother,
- Rhoda
- Pruitt.
- Amanda
- calls
- it
- her
- "Rhoda-delusion."
- However,
- her
- new
- case
- worker,
- Donna
- Rodriguez,
- has
- met
- Rhoda,
- and
- she
- knows
- Rhoda
- is
- not
- a
- delusion
- at
- all.
- Driven
- by
- her
- desire
- to
- help
- others,
- Donna
- digs
- deep
- into
- Amanda's
- past,
- which
- leads
- her
- to
- uncover
- Rhoda's
- history
- as
- well.
- Stunned
- by
- what
- she
- discovers,
- she
- calls
- on
- her
- priest,
- Father
- Elias
- Antonelli,
- for
- help.
- Elias
- is
- a
- man
- of
- faith
- and
- a
- popular
- priest
- in
- his
- community,
- but
- he
- has
- long
- struggled
- with
- his
- commitments
- to
- the
- Catholic
- Church.
- Elias
- would
- like
- to
- help
- Amanda,
- but
- when
- he
- comes
- face
- to
- face
- with
- Rhoda
- Pruitt,
- he
- discovers
- something
- he
- was
- not
- expecting,
- something
- that
- threatens
- everything
- he
- has
- ever
- believed in.
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