Madwoman

Calla Lilly grows up under the tyranny of an abusive father who threatens and hurts her mother. Calla Lilly’s only friends, mother and daughter pair Christina and Celine, live one floor below her in a high-rise apartment in Hawai‘i. When Calla Lilly’s father takes a fatal fall from the balcony of the family apartment, her mother is accused of his murder. Christine helps Calla Lilly escape to San Francisco using Celine’s identification. Calla Lily, now known as C, fictionalizes her backstory, saying that both of her parents are dead. She eventually marries and has two children but becomes unhappy and unsettled as time passes. When she unexpectedly she receives a letter from her imprisoned mother, asking for help in getting a retrial, C’s web of lies threatens to expose itself, and she worries that her married life will collapse if her husband learns the truth. Then Jane appears. C feels an immediate connection to her, but when Jane’s true identity is revealed, it brings C’s house of cards crashing down.