Alice Pan, desperate for a child, is helpless to do anything except watch her friends and those close to her welcome their children into the world. The burden weighs down on her as she wonders what's wrong with her, as her husband's parents start to remind them more and more often that his business will need an heir, and as she watches her last big dream fly away from her. When little Peter comes into the world, he is everything that Alice ever wished for and more. And everything is perfect--until Peter disappears.