Dr. Frankl recounts details of his experiences in a Nazi death camp and tells how they led to his development of the theory of logotherapy which contends that man has the freedom to transcend suffering and find meaning to his life regardless of his circumstances.
Lucy Lowell, a patient of psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware, has been having a recurring nightmare ever since she was a juror at the trial of a serial killer. Alex suspects that it is the repressed childhood memory of a real murder.
Alex Delaware accepts a job organizing the notes of scientist Bill Moreland, thinking he is getting an easy, four-month job on a tropical island, but Moreland's gruesome case files provide clues to a nagging mystery Alex feels he cannot ignore.
Zoe, a high school senior, struggles to survive the aftermath of the suicide of her best friend Aimee, and her own murder trial for her role in the incident, by writing about her feelings in a journal.