The biography of Sir Edmund Hillary, who, as a boy, was raised in a strict family, but eventually has to rebel against his stern father's backward ideals, to follow his own convictions. He wants to climb mountains.
想成为探险家的佐伊，在她和长期男友蒂姆在一起时发现自己怀孕的时候，吓坏了。当蒂姆拥抱做父亲的希望时，佐伊试图冲破她的梦想。
因为一场意外，邦尼被迫和儿女分离。穷困的她只能寄居在妹妹家中，靠在公路上替人擦车窗攒钱，希望早日租到属于自己的房子，通过社工审查，好和孩子们团聚。女儿生日在即，妹妹和妹夫也答应了邦尼的请求，允许她们住在车库里。但在一切似乎就要走上正轨时，邦尼目睹了妹夫骚扰外甥女的一幕……
