Amanda Woods is a twice-diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, pitifully neglected by social services for almost twelve years, and living in a run-down Victorian house in Venice Beach, California. Amanda has long teetered on the edge of reality, plagued by a variety of delusions and hallucinations, including a very hostile one involving her late mother. Amanda calls it her "Rhoda-delusion." Amanda's new case worker, Donna Rodriguez, investigates Amanda's past. 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 does, he discovers something he was not expecting, something that threatens everything he has ever believed.
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