Sent to an Amherst, Massachusetts, boarding school after her ex-boyfriend shoots himself, seventeen-year-old Emily expresses herself through poetry as she relives their relationship, copes with her guilt, and begins to heal.
Emily Beam's boyfriend takes his own life after they break up due to Emily's pregnancy, and her parents' pressure to get an abortion. Wounded deeply, Emily transfers to Amherst boarding school, where the spirit of Emily Dickinson helps her find healing and expression in poetry.
Sent to an Amherst, Massachusetts, boarding school after her ex-boyfriend shoots himself, seventeen-year-old Emily expresses herself through poetry as she relives their relationship, copes with her guilt, and begins to heal.
